Upamon Quotes & Sayings

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for. — Loretta Young

She is beautiful, soft hair nearly midnight in color, large eyes nearly as dark, and ivory skin like the petals of the lily, and she wore a fragrance of jasmine. But 'tis her willfulness that I enjoyed the most. And her resourcefulness. — Terry Spear

I'm a woman of the '90s. — Faye Resnick

No one has ever died, from an overexposure to education. — Robert M. Hensel

You go on, I presume, with your latin Exercises: and I wish to hear of your beginning upon Sallust who is one of the most polished and perfect of the Roman Historians, every Period of whom, and I had almost said every Syllable and every Letter is worth Studying.
In Company with Sallust, Cicero, Tacitus and Livy, you will learn Wisdom and Virtue. You will see them represented, with all the Charms which Language and Imagination can exhibit, and Vice and Folly painted in all their Deformity and Horror.
You will ever remember that all the End of study is to make you a good Man and a useful Citizen. - This will ever be the Sum total of the Advice of your affectionate Father,
John Adams — John Adams

But all the if onlys in the world could not change the events of that day, and he had accepted that long ago. — Janet Lee Barton

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness. — Russell Lynes

Not only are islands impoverished relative to the mainlands, but small islands are more severely impoverished than large ones. That bit of insight became famed as the species-area relationship. — David Quammen

How dare the world define beauty. God defined beauty when he made you! You are beautiful, you are a true beauty just the way you are! — Rachel Hamilton

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. As children, we tend to copy our parents. — Elton John

What's your nickname?"
"BC."
She frowns, trying to figure it out. "Because your middle name is Charles?"
I shake my head and tell her with the straightest face, "Big Cock. — Emma Chase

Did the world always mete out just deserts? — Patricia Highsmith