Put Upon Quotes

30 quotes by 25 authors

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. — Ambrose Bierce
Every improvement that is put upon the real estate is the result of an idea in somebody's head. The skyscraper is another idea; the railroad… — Mark Twain
There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do to alleviate that and help women feel beautiful about who… — Drew Barrymore
The theory of the lung as a gland has justified its existence and done excellent service in bringing forward facts, which shall survive any theoretical… — August Krogh
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that… — Bertrand Russell
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. — Sinclair Lewis
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and… — Sinclair Lewis
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study… — Alexander Graham Bell
Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours. — John Bunyan
Knowledgeâ€”like a nailâ€”is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it. — KatÃ³ Lomb
The discipline in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority. — Bertrand Russell
To simplify things down to their real essence, whenever things go wrong in our lives, whenever our plans go awry and the things we took… — Tony Clark
Yet there were times when he did love her with all the kindness she demanded, and how was she to know what were those times?… — Pearl S. Buck
The law of God, as quite plainly expressed in woman's construction, is this: There shall be no limit put upon your intercourse with the other… — Mark Twain
If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people. — Nigel Farage
There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be… — Charles Caleb Colton
There are many Saudi women doctors, and there are many wealthy and powerful and well-educated Saudi women who circumvent the restrictions put upon them, quietly… — Dave Eggers
I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us. — James Herriot
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. — Moliere

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