Upon Quotes
10257 quotes by 4366 authors
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All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge.…
— Austin Bradford Hill
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Think globally, act locally": "Our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature.
— Rene Dubos
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The only real good technology is no technology at all. Technology is taxation without representation, imposed by our elitist species (man) upon the rest of…
— Eric Pianka
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Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit…
— Brian Tracy
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait…
— Katharine Hepburn
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Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give them a truckling court, and…
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. And the man who…
— Woodrow Wilson
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This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is…
— Frederick Seitz
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Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these…
— Austin Phelps
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This is the moral challenge of our generation. Not only are the eyes of the world upon us. More important, succeeding generations depend on us.…
— Ban Ki-moon
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We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to…
— David Suzuki
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There is, it appears, a conspiracy of scientists afoot. Their purpose is to break down religion, propagate immorality, and so reduce mankind to the level…
— H. L. Mencken
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The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately founded upon the…
— Richard Owen
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The impact of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor persons within all countries. It will therefore exacerbate inequalities in health…
— Rajendra K. Pachauri
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I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to…
— William Westmoreland
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He constructed a vast labyrinthine of periods, made impassable by the piling-up of clauses upon clauses-clauses in which oversight and bad grammar seemed manifestations of…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men command What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? What sweeter solace shall befall than…
— Nicholas Grimald
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A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough today to last him for the…
— Dwight L. Moody
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Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent in the divine…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Grace means that God does something for me; law means that I do something for God. God has certain holy and righteous demands which he…
— Watchman Nee
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