The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle.

'The Host' is very much in the same vein as 'Twilight', and there's clearly a huge fan base out there. But I can't imagine myself being as huge as Robert Pattinson. I'm not sure I could handle that level of fame.

I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

Aging is basically the build-up of error: error at the genetic level, error at the cellular level. Cells normally repair themselves; that's why you heal when you get a cut. But even the mechanism of repair eventually falls apart.

Given the level of anti-Americanism in the world, given the level of frustration with the United States throughout the Muslim world, you've got a homegrown attack or you have a nuclear explosion in the air that is not a test somewhere. Those are still the biggest threats out there.

Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian colour, maybe it's one of those things that I grew up with and recognise at some other level.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level - a dress feels like underpinning.

Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

I think we plan everything, somehow, on another level.

I'm not used to saying no to this man on any level.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero.

I think it's fascinating that I receive attention for what people perceive to be a level of manliness or machismo, when amongst my family of farmers and paramedics and regular Americans, I'm kind of the sissy in my family.

The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers of an elevated level. So all in all, a good thing.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level.

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better?

You know, I've just about got used to the fact that people in Britain know who I am on some level, but the notion that there's any kind of international recognition is still slightly bizarre to me.

Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.

I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach people in a different level.

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.

Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.

I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.

Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained.

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.

The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.

Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for.

Contrasting sharply, in the developing countries represented by India, Pakistan, and most of the countries in Asia and Africa, seventy to eighty percent of the population is engaged in agriculture, mostly at the subsistence level.

I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.

I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.