Upon Quotes

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

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

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission.

I say, traitors; as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty; if it may be called a liberty, as it is redeemed with the betraying of the interest of Christ, and the blood of His people.

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.

When you wish upon a star, you just might become one.

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.

But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

I'm even embarrassed at times when my friends come upon my pictures.