Famous quotes with The upper hand

• It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.

  Bjork
• The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

  Anton Chekhov
• I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage.

  Jermaine Dupri
• That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.

  Lynn Johnston
• Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards.

  John Murray

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