Upon Quotes

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I have built my organization upon fear.

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing.

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private 'revelation'.

We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. One does not rape a sister.

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.