Came Upon Quotes

40 quotes by 39 authors

A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head.… — Aesop
Response, when asked how he came upon his theorems. — Carl Friedrich Gauss
One of the troubles of the day, observes Mr. C.N. Peac, is that once we came upon the little red schoolhouse, whereas now we come… — Bennett Cerf
I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have been one who believes that abortion is the taking of a human life . . . . The fact that they could not… — Ronald Reagan
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
Machines have about as much warmth as a cube of ice.Â And that is why the horse is still part of our lives and will… — Marguerite Henry
There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed and brand; so… — B. H. Roberts
I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did… — Siegbert Tarrasch
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief… — Charlie Chaplin
When the Spirit came to Moses, the plagues came upon Egypt, and he had power to destroy men's lives; when the Spirit came upon Elijah,… — Dwight L. Moody
Once, hurrying through a busy airport to get to my gate on time for a connecting flight, I came upon a lady in a wheelchair.… — Kathy Troccoli
Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us. — J C Ryle
Over the tops of it, beginning to dusk under a young white moon, trailed a wavering ghost of smoke, and at the end of it… — Mary Hunter Austin
I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do… — Conor Oberst
Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first… — Michael Morpurgo
Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, itâ€™s an antecedent to sloth, the… — Mishka
Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men. — Archilochus
Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement… — Janet Suzman
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith… — Tom Hooper

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