#upon

The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#composers #conceived #conductors #could #direct

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#be thankful #being #benefits #command #earth

The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#cain #called #captain #doctor #fear

I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#capable #catastrophe #chance #clearly #courageously

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them. ↗

— William Shirley

#dependence #disposition #drawn #eastern #flatter

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. ↗

— Christopher Smart

#flowers #peculiarly #poetry #reasoning #sound

When I left home, I was going to ride around a little while and then go to my mom's. As I rode and rode and rode, I felt even more anxiety coming upon me about not wanting to live. ↗

— Susan Smith

#anxiety #around #coming #even #felt

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#inferior #look #scotland #sort #switzerland

Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold. ↗

— W. Eugene Smith

#am #another #being #distance #every

I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#american way #built #considered #country #due