Upper Hand Quotes

38 quotes by 36 authors

It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in… — Bjork
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. — Anton Chekhov
And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics. ... Flashy effects distract the mind.… — Katherine Anne Porter
There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep… — Dwight Schultz
The workplace has become a psychological battlefield and the millennials have the upper hand, because they are tech savvy, with every gadget imaginable almost becoming… — Morley Safer
Most leaders would agree that theyâ€™d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Â Those… — Stephen Covey
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand. — Ronnie Montrose
Women are quite unlike men. Women have higher voices, longer hair, smaller waistlines, daintier feet and prettier hands. They also invariably have the upper hand. — Stephen Potter
I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it… — Jermaine Dupri
A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the… — Plato
The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy. — Richard N. Haass
My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily… — Theodore Roosevelt
Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have… — Mahatma Gandhi
The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the… — Karl Marx
Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand. — Kristin Scott Thomas
There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons… — W. Somerset Maugham
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing… — Herman Melville
And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand. — Simon Armitage
Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play. — Soren Kierkegaard

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