Built Upon Quotes

75 quotes by 69 authors

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. — Sigmund Freud
The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had… — Theodor Herzl
Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just… — Henrik Ibsen
When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after… — Ed Koch
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. — John Locke
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent,… — David O. McKay
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other -… — Albert Einstein
Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization… — Matthew Woodring Stover
It had never occurred to me before but everything in New York is built upon another thing, nothing is entirely by itself, each thing as… — Colum McCann
All happiness is built upon small efforts. — Hiroyuki Takei
I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself. — Chris Cleave
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand! — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Good marriages are built upon a combination of emotional love and a common commitment to a core of beliefs about what is important in life… — Gary Chapman
Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the… — Jules Verne
Humor, to be comprehensible to anybody, must be built upon a foundation with which he is familiar. If he can't see the foundation the superstructure… — Mark Twain
The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. — Eric Maisel
The odious and disgusting aristocracy of wealth is built upon the ruins of all that is good in chivalry or republicanism; and luxury is the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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