Sentences with Upon, Sentences about Upon in English
1. You can rely upon him.
2. I hit upon a good idea.
3. I hit upon a good idea then.
4. Happiness depends upon ourselves.
5. Old age creeps upon us unnoticed.
6. To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve.
7. Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
8. We are anthill men upon an anthill world.
9. Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
10. It has an immense influence upon our lives.
11. Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
12. The earth I’m walk upon doesn’t recognize me.
13. The negotiation has entered upon a serious phase.
14. Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love.
15. Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
16. Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
17. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
18. Well, I’ve never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.
19. The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
20. The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
21. If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us out of the imminent night.
22. Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
23. Thousands upon thousands of them. Let’s take each moment, seize it and wring it dry.
24. The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
25. All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
26. Without the familiar to rely upon, you may not in as much command as you had once been.
27. I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.
28. Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman – not the attitude of the prospect.
29. Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren.
30. The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
31. The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
32. When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.
33. He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.
34. Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.
35. Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
36. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
37. Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
38. See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand that I might touch that cheek!
39. Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
40. Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.
41. However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
42. We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.
43. However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
44. There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
45. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
46. Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
47. Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
48. The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
49. No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
50. Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.
51. A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
52. As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.
53. A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
54. He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father’s care.
55. Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
56. The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
57. The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
58. Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
59. Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.
60. The rich man’s dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man’s wealth is built.
61. Lord, Bless our enemies have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land.
62. She was so going to get it later. “Macy, queen of my universe, I beseechingly request you place your sweetest lips upon my manhood and make it your lollipop.
63. I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
64. Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man’s life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.
65. When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
66. The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
67. Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world’s heavyweight champion.
68. One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.
69. It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, – superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.
70. Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
71. Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.
72. What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
73. For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape.
74. The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
75. I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
76. Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.
77. Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.
78. Most urgently, women’s identity must be premised upon our ‘beauty’ so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.
79. Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
80. Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix.
81. My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there’s a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.
82. If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
83. The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all and for that I am especially grateful.
84. The fact that he didn’t get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn’t driven by that, and wasn’t dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school.
85. It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
