--- title: "1 Grain Sand Quotes By Hugh Downs" description: "1 Grain Sand quotes by Hugh Downs. Plus more from Hugh Downs and more Grain Sand sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/hugh-downs-30103_beach_there-are-more-stars-known-to-exist-righ_602859.jpg" --- > [There are more stars known to exist right now than the total number of all the grains of sand on every beach in the entire world. With those kinds of odds, it would seem downright naive for someone to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/there-are-more-stars-known-to-exist-right-now-than-the-total-number/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/hugh-downs-30103_beach_there-are-more-stars-known-to-exist-righ_602859.jpg) ## More by Hugh Downs > [Happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/happy-person-is-not-a-person-in-a-certain-set-of-circumstances-but/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [There are more stars known to exist right now than the total number of all the grains of sand on every beach in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/there-are-more-stars-known-to-exist-right-now-than-the-total-number/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/hatred-is-never-anything-but-fear-if-you-feared-no-one-you-would-hate/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/i-have-no-ego-investment-in-being-on-the-air-i-don-t-knock-others-for/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the drug czar is in final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/if-hemp-could-supply-the-energy-needs-of-the-united-states-its-value/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [Life begins when you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/life-begins-when-you-do/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [We are a one party country. Half of them call themselves Democrats and the other half call themselves Republicans. All the good ideas come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/we-are-a-one-party-country-half-of-them-call-themselves-democrats-and/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [I sympathize with people who want to ban guns, but I can't agree with them. We have to be careful in our zeal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/i-sympathize-with-people-who-want-to-ban-guns-but-i-can-t-agree-with/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/the-price-of-freedom-is-responsibility-but-it-s-a-bargain-because/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [Television is the medium of the 20th century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/television-is-the-medium-of-the-20th-century/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/as-the-first-human-to-land-on-any-world-outside-the-earth-and/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [How many times has the end of the world been predicted? The same number of times the prediction has proved false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/how-many-times-has-the-end-of-the-world-been-predicted-the-same/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/this-country-is-a-one-party-country-half-of-it-is-called-republican/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/the-most-mature-human-insight-comes-from-one-s-introspection-rather/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) > [I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-downs/i-ve-always-thought-that-the-stereotype-of-the-dirty-old-man-is/) [Hugh Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-downs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grain-sand/hugh-downs/#itemlist", "name": "1 Grain Sand Quotes By Hugh Downs", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are more stars known to exist right now than the total number of all the grains of sand on every beach in the entire world. 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