Elevators Quotes

• Life is like an elevator. On your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Life, People, Stopping

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• Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor.

  Keith Douglas

  Life Is Like, Life Is, Up And Down

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• There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 15, 2014

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• When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.

  Edith Piaf

  Remember, Should

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• I'm building a dream with elevators in it.

  Rick Ross

  Dream, Building

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• Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Buttons, Climbs

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• Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs. People pushing your buttons and getting jerked around.

  LeCrae

  People, Life Is Like, Buttons

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• The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.

  Joe Girard

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Joe Girard, Robert Casemore (1979). “How to Sell Yourself”, Simon & Schuster

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• Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.

  Daniel Handler

  Hilarious, Two, Three

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• Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

  David Levithan

  Funny Love, Funny Life, Stairs

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.124, Egmont UK

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• When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

  Stan Kenton

  Music, Guy, Next

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• Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by the wait but pleased with the lift.

  Andy Rooney

  Two, Annoyed, Waiting

  Andy Rooney (2007). “Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes”, p.146, PublicAffairs

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• No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

  Jack Lemmon

  Successful, Matter

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• I've been pushed down many flights of stairs in my time, but I always manage to find an elevator

  Chris Colfer

  Flight, Stairs, Manage

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• It might not be rational, but I am terrified of getting stuck in an elevator with a bear.

  Dana Gould

  Might, Bears, Stuck

  FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Feb 04, 2012

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• My heart and the elevator, a plummet inside a plummet.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Heart, My Heart

  Jonathan Lethem (2014). “As She Climbed Across the Table”, p.28, Faber & Faber

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• If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

  Sam Levenson

  Funny, Death, Clever

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.60, Open Road Media

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• I took the stairs and felt like my childhood took the elevator.

  Drew Barrymore

  Childhood, Stairs, Felt

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• The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

  Greta Garbo

  Doors, People, Secret

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• When an elevator brings u upstairs, you better send it back down in order to bring others up!

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Order, Upstairs

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• The elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.

  Jenifer Lewis

  Broken, Stairs

  "Her Source Exclusive: Lauren London & Jenifer Lewis Talk ‘Baggage Claim’". The Source Interview, thesource.com. September 19, 2013.

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• The elevator to success is out of order, but the stairs are always open.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny Motivational, Funny Work

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• I hate getting off the elevator on the wrong floor? Anyone ever do that... and then you have to turn around and face those people. I feel like I owe everyone in there an explanation.

  Brian Regan

  Hate, People, Faces

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• It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Fall, Mermaid, Pool

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

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• When you lose your sense of humor, get a job running an elevator, because your life will be a series of Ups and Downs anyway.

  Napoleon Hill

  Running, Jobs, Sense Of Humor

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.62, Penguin

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