Definition of Pedestal

Pedestal

The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column.

A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.

A pillow block; a low housing.

An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.

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Pedestal Quotations

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Woody Allen

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.
Jim Carrey

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
William Lloyd Garrison

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
Stephen Jay Gould

I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
Naomi Campbell

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
Indra Devi

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.
Edward Tufte

I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.
Eric Davis

It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
John Sexton

A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.
Brian Setzer

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
Barbara Ehrenreich

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!
Billy Ray Cyrus

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.
Morgan Brittany

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.
Althea Gibson

The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it.
Tommy Rettig

When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.
Ichiro Suzuki

Today they're praising you sky high, place you on a pedestal and tomorrow they don't want to know you.
Mark McGrath

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Gloria Steinem

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
Bella Abzug

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Pedestal Translations

pedestal in German is Sockel
pedestal in Portuguese is suporte
pedestal in Spanish is pedestal
pedestal in Swedish is postament

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