Harvey Fierstein

When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

American Actor

Jennifer Egan

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice but to read our work. Now that's a very tall order, if not impossible. But why not try?

American Novelist

Gwendoline Christie

I love being tall. as you literally look at life from a different perspective: it's easier to breeze through life's turmoils; there's more room to breathe.

British Actress

Jane Fonda

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

American Actress

Adele

I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

English Singer

Bozoma Saint John

I'm bold in personality, I'm hella tall, and I'm hella black.

American Businesswoman

Alan Tudyk

When you're seven feet tall on set, people give you respect.

Keith Miller

I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid.

American Author

Chad Harbach

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

American Writer

Gilbert Gottfried

In real life I'm a tall, blond Christian.

American Comedian

Use 'taller' to compare two things' heights directly in a sentence.

Comparisons

'Tall' refers to height, not how long something is.

Not for Length

Often used for people and structures like buildings or trees, not for animals.

Humans and Objects

Used in casual speech rather than formal writing.

Informal Expression

Shows exaggeration or fancy; not to be taken literally.

Figurative Speech

Suggests the speaker thinks the tale is not credible or is doubting it.

Credibility Question

Indicates the task is hard, possibly demanding great effort to accomplish.

Challenging Task

Doesn't relate to physical height in this context, but to the magnitude of difficulty.

Not Literal

When labeling something a 'tall order', you risk discouraging the listener.

Use with Caution

Can be used with numbers to specify exact heights of people or things.

Specific Measurements

In some contexts, 'tall' describes someone or something being taller than average.

Relative Height

'Tall' can imply different things depending on cultural standards of height.

Cultural Perspectives

 these kids grow very, very tall, at risk of an aortic dissection, but they're amazing kids, and I thought, how gorgeous. And I understood the importance of this image, how important it was to show how beautiful, and to show how the image presents itself. But isn't there another way to show it? Because nobody, and I've photographed thousands of kids now,

Rick Guidotti: From...

 During the quake, many buildings between six and fifteen stories tall collapsed. What's strange is that while shorter buildings nearby did keep standing, buildings taller than fifteen stories were also less damaged, and the midsized buildings that collapsed were observed shaking far more violently than the earthquake itself.

Why do buildings fall in...

 has patterns you wouldn't find from a random letter generator. Other than that, we know little more than what we can see. The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout

The world’s most...

 are called growth. And growth seems like a simple thing because when we think of it, we typically think of someone getting taller or, later in life, wider, but to cells, growth isn't simple. Cell division is an intricate chemical dance that's part individual, part community-driven.

How do cancer cells...

 and the fungus parasitizes its body to build a tall, thin stalk from its neck. Within several weeks, the stalk shoots off spores, which turn more ants into six-legged leaf-seeking zombies. One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite,

How parasites change...

 redwood lumber we may well be reminded of its ancient history for this is lumber from a species of tree that has survived for millions of years trees that live to be two and four thousand years old the tallest biggest oldest trees in the world

One Man’s Mission to...

 look at the big spikes spiders bugs things that bite you it's it's it's a it's beautiful and it's also fairly hostile and of course the cassery that we were going to film is the world's deadliest bird the males are a bit taller than me and

Filming The World's...

 what you're getting yourself into sedan is gnarly and you are gonna be a big tall bald shining target walking around and he goes and there's this thing you don't have an arm there's that thing - he said you're still going

Making the impossible...

 And I have to say there are very few more impressive animals in the whole world. He is absolutely massive despite the fact that he probably is no taller than I am.

Gorilla shows Steve...

 despite their chick-like appearance they are close to a meter tall quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind

Tall

Having a large height, being higher than normal.

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Exaggerated or unbelievable.

Often appears as...

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Difficult to do or achieve.

Often appears as...

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Of a particular height.

Often appears as...

Comparisons

Not for Length

Humans and Objects

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