Sentence examples for higher thing from inspiring English sources

And in America, there is no higher thing to aspire to than a patent lie.

It would also be a big stretch to say that political reporters back then were less interested in the horse race, and kept their eyes fixed on the higher thing.

"In retrospect, the higher thing was the First Amendment, but at the time, what he was saying was just abhorrent". The station's student manager told Hannity he was being taken off the air.

Safely domiciled in a part of the world that suffered least from deprivation and political instability, he took his surroundings for granted as a set of conditions from which mankind could aspire to higher things, instead of as the higher thing that the rest of the world could only aspire to.

So it wasn't meant to be a higher thing; it really was meant to bring a smile, nothing more, nothing less, as described.

"When you stop aiming for those small things and aim for a higher thing, to be uplifted, that's when the world reflects abundance to you," they said.

Unfortunately, Clooney has higher things in mind.

Her eyes are on higher things.

You always strive for higher things.

I hire everybody for higher things.

He is expected to go on to higher things.