“ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand. ”
- Noel Coward- Copy
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“ I saw a lot of good hitters but I never saw a better one than Paul Waner. I mean I once threw a side arm spitter right into his belly and he hit it into the upper deck. ”
- Burleigh Grimes- Copy
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“ Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world. ”
- Martin Buber- Copy
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“ Science is good furniture for one's upper chamber, if there is common sense below. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.- Copy
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“ Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little. ”
- Edmund Burke- Copy
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“ The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes. ”
- Charlotte Curtis- Copy
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“ Arkansas: Come for the meth, stay because you traded your car for meth. ”
- Stephen Colbert- Copy
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“ The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life,the stronger the enemy's temptations. ”
- John Wycliffe- Copy
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“ It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family. I had seen the harvest, but had never thought of the seed. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
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“ Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target. ”
- Phil Bredesen- Copy
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“ Men now monopolize the upper levels depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. ”
- Laurence J. Peter- Copy
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“ They have, and bring with them, that upper-body strength. They have apparently developed that in their childhood and growing up, and they've further advanced in that regard. ”
- Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates- Copy
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“ Everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common needle users, and on the buttock, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals. ”
- William F. Buckley Jr.- Copy
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“ Trivial details have been summoned, in part, to make a satirical point about upper-middle-class marriage-that the whole thing can slip away between the white wine and the arugula salad. ”
- David Denby- Copy
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“ Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!". ”
- Phoebe Cary- Copy
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“ People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if it has common sense on the ground floor. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win. ”
- Edgar Watson Howe- Copy
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