Why won't you drown?" he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. "I'm Poseidon's son," I said. "Curse that upstart! I was here first!
Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.
I want to be in an industry where the upstarts can grow and displace the incumbents, because that's why there's so much innovation.
I'm afraid not. " Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies. " He glared at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certain upstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on - it is that you were a TERRIBLE father.
If you look now, more than ever new entrants, new upstarts, are able to grow so much faster than they could before.
People give ear to an upstart astrologer [Copernicus]. . . this fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy