Quotes having the keyword Upon
Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: around, arrive, attentive, authorities, dictum, examine, facts, into, learned, meaning, nature, observation, passing, personal, received, simple, surely, things, time, upon, us , words In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
by Orville Wright (Inventor, American , born in 1871) keywords: absorbed, case, crushing, experiences, experiments, gliding, had, kind, landed, landing, motor, number, our, shock, uneasy, upon, were, which , wing Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.
by James Wyatt (Architect, English , born in 1746) keywords: could, employ, matters, oneself, others, professional, trifling, upon , which Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.
by William Wycherley (Dramatist, English , born in 1640) keywords: books, company, conversation, discreetly, doze, em, fitter, make, mistresses, much, them, too, unfit, upon , used For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
by Xenophon (Soldier , Greek) keywords: agreeable, barley, beer, drank, drink, held, mingled, out, reed, saw, strong, swim, those, upon, used, very, vessel, water, were , which In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory.
by Isoroku Yamamoto (Soldier, Japanese , born in 1884) keywords: britain, first, great, months, run, six, states, twelve, united, upon, victory, war, wild, will , win If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.
by Minoru Yamasaki (Architect, American , born in 1912) keywords: architecture, been, direct, examine, find, influence, japanese, mechanics, our, think, thought, upon , will Where are the Muslim people's sponsors? Where are its kings? Where are its leaders? The Muslim people is calling upon you, Jerusalem is appealing to you, will anyone answer?
by Ahmed Yassin (Activist, Palestinian , born in 1937) keywords: answer, anyone, appealing, calling, jerusalem, kings, leaders, muslim, sponsors, upon, where , will An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: aged, clap, coat, dress, every, hands, louder, man, mortal, paltry, sing, soul, stick, thing, unless , upon Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: come, dance, dull, fairies, flame, mountains, out, ride, take, upon, wind, world , would Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: attempt, every, grounds, intolerance, kind, legislation, once, open, persecution, religious, upon , way Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) topics: History keywords: abyss, battle, courage, die, entering, field, himself, honour, into, man, may, reckless, should, show, those, upon , why We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity.
by Boris Yeltsin (Statesman, Russian , born in 1931) keywords: activity, aware, calling, countries, future, immediate, kind, leaders, put, receiving, shall, states, stop, support, terrorists, these, through, upon, well , which There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.
by Shigeru Yoshida (Politician, Japanese , born in 1878) keywords: allied, burden, certain, could, designated, ever, fear, japan, manage, other, pay, powers, predicament, reduced, reparations, shifting, such, upon, whether , without The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
by Edward Young (Poet, English , born in 1683) keywords: goes, her, loves, maid, miracles, out, plank, puts, safety, sea, shattered, trust , upon I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise.
by Cole Younger (Criminal, American , born in 1844) keywords: am, any, anything, appear, aware, bank, been, blank, connected, country, had, life, look, make, name, never, nothing, otherwise, positively, robberies, say, since, them, upon, war , will According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to the direction of motion of the electron and to the direction of the magnetic field, and whose magnitude is easily determined.
by Pieter Zeeman (Physicist, Dutch , born in 1865) keywords: according, acted, determined, direction, easily, electron, field, force, laws, magnetic, magnitude, motion, moving, perpendicular, runs, upon, well-known, which , whose Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.
by Clara Zetkin (Politician, German , born in 1970) keywords: awaken, class, consciousness, general, great, importance, incorporate, indeed, into, main, movement, must, proletarian, propaganda, questions, struggle, task, them, those, touch, upon, which , women How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.
by Florenz Ziegfeld (Producer, American , born in 1869) keywords: appears, before, finally, girl, go, how, little, must, public, realizes, she, spotlight, stage, through, thrown , upon
