We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number.
I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.
College students typically receive marketing offers in the mail from upwards of a hundred companies each year.
In the Fall of 1774 & Winter of 1775, I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a committee for the purpose of watching the movements of the British soldiers, and gaining every intelligence of the movements of the Tories.
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
By opening space, for the first time in our history, rather than inexorably extracting the blood of life from this oh-so-precious sphere in our quest for wealth, we will turn outwards and upwards, creating new wealth from places already dead, advancing into places where there is no life, and bringing its seeds with us.
We saw how a lot of companies charge upwards of $1500 for a basic LSAT course, and we all thought that is simply way too much, even if the instruction was good.
When you have been lucky enough to move up the ladder, all you see, really, is the slide back down. You don't see the further steps upwards.
