I won't say I'm out of condition now - but I even puff…

The cafes bore me; going downstairs is a nuisance. Painting and sleeping - that's all there is.

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I don't mind getting old except for the pain. I have two new knees, so going downstairs is not perfect. Nobody tells you about…

— Diana Rigg

But Noah, you're not supposed to do this, and I can't let you. So go back to your room." Then smiling softly and sniffling…

— Nicholas Sparks

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

— Voltaire

I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often…

— Michelle Dockery

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time

— Mark Twain

My first memory in the world is my gym teacher ripping my mother's necklace off her neck and throwing it out the window and…

— Mike Nichols

“I’m sorry,” he said in a soft voice while leaning closer to her, “for taking liberties earlier. I hope I didn’t offend you.” “You…

— Sherri Browning

“the smell of her grandfather’s fifty years of National Geographic, shelved in the hall. Downstairs,”

— William Gibson

When I was 15, I came downstairs one morning, picked up mother's newspaper and, oh, what a shock! The Titanic had gone. The 'unsinkable'…

— Henry Allingham

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as…

— Anonymous

I don't have any weird night rituals. I definitely am a ritualistic person... I like to go downstairs and remind my roommate-drummer not to…

— Charlie Worsham

“When she got downstairs, the whole family was in the kitchen, including Lucas. His face lit up like Vegas when he saw her. She…

— Josephine Angelini

I buy 1920s iridescent Scottish glass. I love the way the sun hits it every morning. You touch something and you know. To me,…

— Judith Miller

'Downton Abbey' is my worst nightmare. I just hate that whole 'Upstairs Downstairs' thing, I think it's really lazy and it doesn't represent England,…

— Tom Payne