(182 quotes found)
“He bade me observe it, and I should always find, that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters”
Daniel Defoe
“Even the upper end of the riverbelieves in the ocean.”
William Stafford
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde
“Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.”
Germaine Greer
“[And in] Uncle Tom's Cabin, ... Good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“It would be a very nice way to commute, to be able to bike through the upper part of the George Washington Parkway,”
Dolley Madison
“The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.”
Edgar Watson Howe
“In the Historic Core are some of the most magnificent buildings in L.A.. Some of the upper floors along Broadway may be converted to residential.”
Carol Schatz
“It's one of those experiences that cuts across generations, across socio-economic lines. An upper-middle-class kid going to college can sit down with a cop and talk about Cocoa Puffs. There isn't one of us who hasn't tasted Cap'n Crunch or Trix or Lucky Charms or Froot Loops.”
David Hoffman
“If you have one pair of good soles its better than two pairs of good uppers.”
Irish Proverb
