Upwards Quotes

83 Upwards quotes by 76 unique authors

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are… — George Orwell
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he… — Bertrand Russell
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. — Philip Sidney
In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. — H.G. Wells
Aside from velcro, time is the most mysterious substance in the universe. You can't see it or touch it, yet a plumber can charge you… — Dave Barry
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. — Herman Melville
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing… — Mahatma Gandhi
Well. Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash,… — Margaret Atwood
The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. — Mark Twain
Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards. — Vladimir Nabokov
Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal… — Victor Hugo
If I hadn't learned my lesson, I would have wished we could stay there forever. But I knew better now. We'd seen what we'd come… — Alice Hoffman
If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally… — Noam Chomsky
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. — Hermann Hesse
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if you are anywheres… — Mark Twain
I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally… — Jerome K. Jerome
Her eyes, mostly cast downward, occasionally flicker upwards to meet his before falling again. She is apologetic for everything, as always, constantly saying sorry to… — Cecelia Ahern
But, especially in love, only counterfeit emotions exist nowadays. We have all been taught to mistrust everybody emotionally, from parents downwards, or upwards. Don’t trust… — D. H. Lawrence
That is the earth, he thought. Not a globe thousands of kilometers around, but a forest with a shining lake, a house hidden at the… — Orson Scott Card
As all true virtue, wherever found, is a ray of the life of the All-Holy; so all solid knowledge, all really accurate thought, descends from… — Henry Parry Liddon
Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves. — Julian Assange
In history, the evidence is overwhelming: Stock market bottoms happen, and then stocks jolt upwards while the economy keeps getting worse - sometimes by a… — Kenneth Fisher
We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards… — Nathaniel Smith
Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything… — Brian Boitano

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