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You don't just magically flip some evolutionary switch somewhere and transmute a quadruped into an upright-walking bipedal human. — Donald Johanson

No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness. — Lynn Coady

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak. — Lawrence Block

I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Furless now, upright, My banished
and experimental
child
You said, though your own heart condemn you
I do not condemn you. — Franz Wright

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. — Aesop

He was stiff as a drum-major and selfish as an Englishman, but a fairly conscientious pupil and a fairly upright man. — Anonymous

Gabe pulled her closer. You just lean on me, Vivi. I'll keep us both upright for a while. — Leslye Walton

Peace springs from righteousness in the soul, from upright living. — David O. McKay

it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright — Benjamin Franklin

The upright are richer in deeds than the wealthy are in gold. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. — Voltaire

As you keep moving forward, you can stay upright even when outside forces try to pull you down. — Bonnie L. Oscarson

There are many upright and faithful who live all the commandments and whose lives and prayers keep the world from destruction. — Spencer W. Kimball

I got 15 trumpets where other women got hips
& a upright bass for both sides of my heart — Ntozake Shange

The Sun shineth as well on the good as the bad: God from on high
beholdeth all the workers of iniquity, as well as the upright of heart. — Thomas Nashe

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.'
Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar. — Ally Carter

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. — Xun Zi

it was difficult to stay upright. Once rolling, the oxen were as — Beverley Harper

It is only people who show upright positions in standing for the truth that win at last. — Sunday Adelaja

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri

Well over a million years ago, some new, comparatively modern, upright beings left Africa and boldly spread out across much of the globe. — Bill Bryson

I may as well cut my losses and make a hasty exit while I still had enough self-esteem to walk upright. Crawling was so demoralizing — Darynda Jones

I saw a man whose suffering had become a kind of skeleton holding him upright. — Eli Brown

For joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; Praise is bbecoming to the upright. — John F. MacArthur Jr.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. — Isaac Barrow

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. — Aeschylus

Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape. — Louise Leakey

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine. — Thomas A Kempis

She wanted to daydream, pretend that her world was upright instead of fallen on its side; — Kristin Hannah

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time. — Mary Wilson Little

The sky leans on me, me, the one upright among all horizontals. — Sylvia Plath

The vice minister's wife sits so upright that it seems as if her spine is hewn from oak. — Anthony Doerr

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous. — Confucius

Our rages, daughters of despair, creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright. — Georges Bernanos

Man is not only that creature that forges tools, that reasons, and that walks upright. Man is the creature that looks up. Man praises. — Anthony Esolen

The oak tree is firm and elegant and upright. The weeping willow has allowed the burdens of life to bend it. — Panache Desai

PSA64.10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. — Anonymous

Grace makes us inwardly RIGHT so we walk outwardly UPRIGHT — John Paul Warren

We need to know who we are and then stand strong — Sunday Adelaja

the upright shall behold his face. — Anonymous

Upright and do right make all right. — Christina Baker Kline

The quadriga was led by a young man, who stood upright, holding the bridles of the steeds, while the morning sun was shining behind his head! — Fabio Marzocca

The asacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. — Anonymous

Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin

The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God. — Charles Caleb Colton

I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things. — Penn Jillette

Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright servant. — Hock G. Tjoa

Tragedies of this world behave like the storms of the vast oceans! While you are inside this storm, let your mind stand upright like a lighthouse! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me. — Dan Auerbach

We speak of moving mountains, but sometimes people can completely rotate the world, just so someone else can land upright on their feet. I — Krista Ritchie

Like tired dogs they stand there,
because they use up all their strength
in remaining upright in one's memory. — Franz Kafka

Standing upright is not a talent because a brainless wooden beam can stand upright too! The important thing is to be flexible! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The man who knows of the universe of spirit walks upright, the materialist hugs the earth. — Frank Sheed

Laid out upright and end to end, the files the Stasi kept on their countrymen and women would form a line 180 kilometres long. — Anna Funder

I consider myself to be very correct and proper: an upright citizen. — Sebastian Horsley

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it - it keeps him upright. — Robert A. Heinlein

I was also ready to believe, though, that whatever good things I had managed to set upright could topple at any second. — Kevin Brockmeier

So upright Quakers please both man and God. — Alexander Pope

If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked. — Christie Watson

To be a saint is the exception; to be an upright man is the rule. Err, fall, sin if you will, but be upright. — Victor Hugo

We live in the time of the colossal upright oblong. — Carl Sandburg

All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members! — Adolf Hitler

True strength isn't being able to knock your enemies down, it's being able to hold yourself upright against their blows. — Toni Sorenson

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks. — Confucius

The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them. — Mike Mullin

He was upright, so was that holding up? — Daryl Gregory

The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. — William Golding

She's not the kind of girl you can easily forget," Alex said, before sitting upright again and taking a deep breath. "She's unforgettable. — Charlie Maclean

Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun , whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine? — John Milton

The strongest magic doesn't simply act upon us, it becomes us. Running with our blood, holding us upright from the inside out, just like our bones. — Cameron Dokey

She was very busy fighting a full-facial, saltwater cavity wash when two big hands gripped her arms and hauled her upright. — Jill Shalvis

I'm stunned by the sight of him. No, floored. My knees actually feel weak, and I dig my heels down into the grass to try and keep upright. — Karina Halle

Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they? — Orlando Bloom

A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright. — Lisa Alther

You raise us upright. — Augustine Of Hippo

God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart. — Anonymous

Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start. — Nicos Anastasiades

When the retching stopped, he assisted her to stand upright and backed her into the car — Sandra Brown

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body. — Nhat Hanh

his hands clasped over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on her embroidered — Katherine Mansfield

It is a most blessed thing to have no props and no buttresses, but to stand upright on the Rock of Ages, upheld by the Lord alone. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Love is like a flower. Its upright when its in harmony and withered when its dead. — Dalia

I apologise for my friend's rudeness, he just learned how to to walk upright last year. — R.L. Mathewson

The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation. — Robert Burns

The greatest victory for man is not that his dreams were fulfilled but it is that to stand upright even when none of his dreams were fulfilled! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

This was a man who moved like the gods were watching: every gesture he made was upright and correct. There was no one else it could be but Hector — Madeline Miller

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times
in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. — Michel De Montaigne

I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much. — Eric Dickerson

Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind, and a step that travels unlimited roads — Ayn Rand

It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright. — Murray Rothbard

A gang of wild turkeys patrolled the edge of the forest, upright and alert, looking oddly saurian and menacing, like a lost squadron of velociraptors. — Lev Grossman

Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. — John Lydon

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition. — Henry Home, Lord Kames

Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there. — Isabel Paterson

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright. — Dylan Thomas

Not much of a morning person?"
"Such a useless time of day," she said, dragging herself upright and taking the cup. "Can't sleep. Can't steal. — Victoria Schwab

If you live in a system that is suppressive, you don't walk upright, you always go with your head down. — Stefan Heym

The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness. — Michel De Montaigne

He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin. — Horace