Raise High The Roof Beam

Famous quotes containing the words raise, high, roof and/or beam:

    “The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman’s aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.”
    —Arlie Hochschild (20th century)

    “I had a thought for no one’s but your ears:
    That you were beautiful, and that I strove
    To love you in the old high way of love;
    That it had all seemed happy, and yet we’d grown
    As weary-hearted as that hollow moon.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
    On its roof did float and flow”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “How can one beam alone support a house?”
    —Chinese proverb.