Play Upon Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. — Voltaire
I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon… — Stephen Coonts
Belief is a deception you play upon yourself.... — Rajneesh
If all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls. — Robert Browning
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing… — John Milton
Come and let the healing, cleansing rays of Calvary play upon your hearts until the very seed of evil is sterilized. — Stuart Holden
I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to… — Themistocles
This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness. — Kate DiCamillo
But when reflexion begins to play upon these objects... like some trick of magic each object is loosed into a group of impressions - colour,… — Walter Pater
The symptoms of fascist thinking are colored by environment and adapted to immediate circumstances. But always and everywhere they can be identified by their appeal… — Henry A. Wallace
Tonight I will suck the marrow from your bones!â€ it said. â€œI will dry them and work them most cunningly into instruments of music! Whenever… — Roger Zelazny
I call her Wild Woman, for those very words, wild and woman, create llamar o tocar a la puerta, the fairy-tale knock at the door… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name… — Jeanette Winterson
your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before you, I replied upon it, it had seen active service and… — Jeanette Winterson
We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon… — Jean Vanier
Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,… — William Shakespeare
The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so… — Jason Alexander

Who Wrote These Play Upon Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 17 Play Upon Quotes as follows: