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What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world's ridicule as well as their own social and political ruin? — Frederick Douglass

Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone. — J.G. Holland

In the end, we all inherit a stone, after life's waves have rolled over us - and hopefully, she'll write upon it — John Geddes

Patience in our lives springs from God's power
based upon our willingness to learn it. — Billy Graham

A woman's place, her entire experience in life, has been and in many places still is dependent upon the man she marries. — Frederick Lenz

It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not. — Gayle Forman

The spirit looks upon the Dust
That fastened it so long
With indignation,
As a Bird
Defrauded of it's Song. — Emily Dickinson

The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air. — Thomas Starr King

Ripen your mind to the glorious history of the ages and revel in your mastery as today's youth shall look upon you as a sage. — Maximillian Degenerez

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment. — Pliny The Elder

Fortune's fool! How we humans lie upon beauty like lizards upon a sun-baked rock. — Roman Payne

If something's existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings? — Chris Matakas

I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return — Mark Twain

And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well. — Pete Seeger

The granting of prayer, when offered in the name of Jesus, reveals the Father's love to him, and the honor which he has put upon him. — Charles Spurgeon

Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person's lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one's soul. — John Kennedy Toole

God's call upon your life is not an accident — Sunday Adelaja

Man will occasionally stumble upon the truth but most times he will pick himself up and continue on. — Winston S. Churchill

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others. — Zig Ziglar

Prospero the Enchanter's immediate reaction upon meeting his daughter is a simple declaration of: Well, fuck. — Erin Morgenstern

I believe the uncertain times are almost upon us, and they are much more uncertain than I imagined. — S.A. Tawks

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking. — Brendan Myers

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life. — Eleonora Duse

By contemplation of God's matchless love, we take upon us His nature. Christ — Ellen G. White

Well, and they must all starve if the plants starve." 'It was true that all their lives depended upon the earth' (Buck, 71). — Pearl S. Buck

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists. — Marianne Moore

There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's spice-box seasons his own food. — Zora Neale Hurston

It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin. — T. B. Joshua

A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself. — Christian Nestell Bovee

All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING. — Walter Russell

Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores. — Arthur Chapman

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight. — Georges Courteline

The Holiness of God is something more and other than moral perfection: His claim upon us is something more and other than the claim of moral duty. — C.S. Lewis

Nor is faith meritorious; it is simply confidence in the goodness of God, and the lack of it is a reflection upon God's holy character. — A.W. Tozer

The great, God-blessed churches in the world today have one common characteristic: an insistence upon an exposition of God's infallible Word. — O. S. Hawkins

Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, for they will feed you delicious morsels that they may later feast upon your tender flesh. — Michele Faison

We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it. — W.G. Sebald

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one. — Harold S. Geneen

Heretic ... is a person who seizes upon a truth and pushes it to the point at which it becomes a falsehood. — T. S. Eliot

Once upon a time I saved Livvie. She's been saving me ever since. — C.J. Roberts

My decision (for Christ) was not so important. I was the object rather than the subject in this affair. I was decided upon. — C.S. Lewis

Morning dew upon the grass,
glistening in the sun.
Yesterday's gone,
tomorrow may come,
but this day has begun. — Calvin W. Allison

It was borne in upon her audience that the outside of Jane's charming head was distinctly superior to the inside. — Agatha Christie

We feed upon each other's mouths and minds like ants with social stomachs. — Weston La Barre

It's never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are being built it's definitely not it. — Sean Parker

If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you. — T. S. Eliot

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. — Richard Steele

There's the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again. — Edward Hirsch

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity. — Elvis Costello

The Bible's power rests upon the fact that it is the reliable, errorless, and infallible Word of God. — Charles Colson

Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough. — Plato

Our prayer is to be like a reflex action to God's prior initiative upon the heart. — Richard J. Foster

Is Wisdom derived from the accumulation of one's experiences, or rather one's thoughtful reflection upon what he has learned throughout the process? — Christopher Earle

Who cannot resolve upon a moment's notice To live his own life, he forever lives A slave to others. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do. — Alyssa Milano

The professor stared straight ahead. He felt Husam's eyes upon him. He clenched his hands together tightly, lest their shaking reveal everything. — Christian F. Burton

Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people's affairs, never turn to examine themselves. — Xenophon

Every hour comes with some little fagot of God's will fastened upon its back. — Frederick William Faber

How terrible it is to recognize that one's brilliance rests solely upon the small-mindedness of others. — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

I'm suggesting that if you're going to bring hell down upon someone's head, you should dress for the occasion. — T. Kingfisher

What were all the world's alarms To mighty Paris when he found Sleep upon a golden bed That first dawn in Helen's arms? — William Butler Yeats

Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself. — Immanuel Kant

Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends. — Hippocrates

My personal theory is that he has a very firm grasp upon reality, it's simply not a reality the rest of us have ever met before. — Terry Pratchett

All God's righteous hatred of all that sin from all of human history was poured out upon Christ as He hung there on that cross. — James MacDonald

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society. — Samantha Morton

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music concert. — Fred Frith

My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near to the ocean's edge as I can go. — Henry David Thoreau

The proper, wise balancing
of one's whole life may depend upon the
feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour. — Arnold Bennett

An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown. — Thomas Brooks

Return with your shield, or upon it.' (Julian's stepmother) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock. — Thomas Hardy

The Lord's gracious hand is upon us.
We will begin the good work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic. — Ayn Rand

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall. — Chuck Black

We understand and acknowledge that the Resurrection has placed a glorious crown upon all of Christ's sufferings! — Aiden Wilson Tozer

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar. — Winston Churchill

As Branford Marsalis said in a beautiful essay he write upon Clarence's death, C was blessed with 'the power of musical intent. — Bruce Springsteen

People all over the world feed upon U.S. cinema and don't know about their own. — Michel Ocelot

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them. — Phyllis Bottome

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. — Ambrose Bierce

We might not have months or years, but we have moments. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let's take each moment, seize it and wring it dry. — Emma Scott

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government. — Bill Shorten

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. — Dick Gregory

Usurious rates of return are deceitful sirens that sing but to lure the unwary upon the rocks of loss and remorse. — George S. Clason

Depend upon it, it is God's Word, not our comment upon God's Word, that saves souls. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices. — Heath Ledger

To bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second. — Louis Pasteur

Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn." — Nancy Reagan

So much of people's fortune, good or bad, depends upon how they choose to fall in love. — Kate Saunders

Come, night, come, Romeo, come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night. Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back. — William Shakespeare

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting. — Asa Butterfield

I have a pragmatic suspicion that bashing someone's head in with a golf club is frowned upon in this establishment... — J.C. Wickhart

Shall we never never get rid of this Past? ... It lies upon the Present like a giant's dead body. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

That's the ideal meeting ... once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again. — Helen Oyeyemi

Men are psychologically unstable, too prone to emotions; not to be relied upon in moments of crisis.' 'That's — Andrzej Sapkowski

There's too much beauty upon this earth
For lonely men to bear. — Richard Le Gallienne

The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock. — T. S. Eliot