#upon

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#been #every #forward #i #life

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#absolutely #almost #both #equipment #hands

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#faster #laurels #nothing #rested #than

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#cyclic #man #memories #poem #time

Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted. ↗

— Sam Sheppard

#emotionally #exhausted #family #father #financially

People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry. ↗

— John Shimkus

#dependent #find #foreign #foreign oil #import

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#certainty #earth #however #life #me

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#back #belief #case #faith #individual

When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal. ↗

— Paul Simon

#betrayal #i #looked #made #record

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#happy #i #man #me #seems