In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted into the French nobility four centuries ago, though at least an aristocratic age was franker, and therefore kinder, about the odds. It did not relentlessly play up the possibilities open to all,. . . and so, in turn, did not cruelly equate an ordinary life with a failed one.
Every loneliness is a pinnacle
America today stands poised on a pinnacle of wealth and power, yet we live in a land of vanishing beauty, of increasing ugliness, of shrinking open space, and of an over-all environment that is diminished daily by pollution and noise and blight.
Reef aquariums are definitely the pinnacle of the hobby.
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
Go to work! Go to work in the morn of a new creation. . . until you have. . . reached the height of self-progress, and from that pinnacle bestow upon the world a civilization of your own.
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
Playing for my country is the pinnacle of anyone's career. There's a major tournament coming up so I'm looking forward to being a part of that.
Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?
Was there no safety? No learning by heart of the ways of the world? No guide, no shelter, but all was miracle, and leaping from the pinnacle of a tower into the air? Could it be, even for elderly people, that this was life?--startling, unexpected, unknown?
I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.
The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base.
It's the ultimate pinnacle of stand-up to have an hour on HBO, but way more people see Comedy Central, and they've been good to me.
The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lord, when I see Him face to face, 'Well done my good and faithful servant. '
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
The full-grown modern human being. . . is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment. . . when he is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued.
Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.
I'm so glad to be grouped with the men you've seen in rotten shape. My hope is that someday I will reach the pinnacle of that appalling list.
