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Grander Quotes

Zooming out to see the bigger picture.

These quotes use "grander" to zoom out - reframing gender roles on a grander scale, and describing how Olympic pressure makes both highs and lows feel Best and worst at once.

We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows are lower, and everything just takes on grander proportions.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth....

Quotes by Sam Abell

I wanted to have a grander vision, something that I felt like I was really fighting for and I wanted to have a real idea and be authentic.

Quotes by Porter Robinson

We all have an obligation as actors to be true to ourselves and our best instincts, but often there's a higher purpose, which is to serve the text and, in the grander sense, serve the series, even if that means...

Quotes by Peter Scolari

Able Quotes

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

Quotes by Neil LaBute

I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I'm able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on paper, I always had something bigger and grander in my head.

Quotes by Michael Cunningham

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

Quotes by Mia Hamm

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

Quotes by Julian Fellowes

Choose beliefs that serve your soul - choose beliefs that serve the grander dream of who you choose to be.

Quotes by Joy Page

Ale Quotes

If we learn that we're actually the same, then we can be a grander picture and not be so hateful to each other.

Quotes by Jihae

The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. What's thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the...

Quotes by Hamish Bowles

The more I come to recognize my story's place in God's grander Story, my once-bewildered questions are turning to psalms of thanksgiving at the wonder that I have been included in what He is doing.

Quotes by Gloria Gaither

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

George Eliot

A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, this very morning, may begin a day of fascination, easily grander than any day in the past.

Quotes by Donald McCaig

Anything Quotes

I like portraying heroes of antiquity whose values were grander and more spectacular than those of today.

Quotes by Charlton Heston

Dartmouth is a small school with high-caliber teaching. Our classes were all taught by professors, not teaching assistants. I felt like that was a school where I could make a big splash. The opportunities would be grander and more robust...

Quotes by Aisha Tyler

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "grander" describe in these quotes?
Bigger-picture framing - viewing gender roles on a grander scale, or Olympic pressure as part of a grander, more intense competitive stage.
Is family background discussed here?
Yes, one quote compares a father's grander background to a mother's, noting the disapproval that difference caused within the family.
How does the page end its theme?
On a personal note - choosing beliefs that serve a grander dream of who someone wants to become, beyond immediate circumstances.
Does grander always mean literally larger here?
Not always - in the Olympic quote it describes heightened stakes and emotion rather than physical size.
Is this page tied to any single theme like sport or family?
No - it spans feminism, sport, family history, and personal belief, unified only by the word "grander" and its sense of Anything scaled up.

Others apply it to family background and to personal belief, closing with the idea of choosing convictions that serve a grander dream of who you want to become.