Downright Quotes
82 quotes by 80 authors
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so…
— John Adams
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book…
— Graydon Carter
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Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our society…
— John Polkinghorne
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Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is…
— Grete Waitz
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(Those who) impute such actions to God, as make Him resemble the worst of beings, and so run into downright Demonism.
— Matthew Tindal
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Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.
— Willie Nelson
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Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance. Diana…
— Devon Monk
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When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of…
— Margery Allingham
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This Reese's Chevrolet was downright awesome.
— Kevin Harvick
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"More fun than a barrel of monkeys." Has anyone ever stopped to think how cranky, if not downright vicious, a barrelful of monkeys would be,…
— Tom Shales
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Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's…
— Carre Otis
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Defy the crowd. The crowd isn’t always wise. It can also lead you down a path of silliness, sub-optimal choices, and downright destruction. Enchantment is…
— Guy Kawasaki
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There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean…
— A. Theodore Tuttle
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Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip…
— Florence King
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Whether or not you agree that trimming and cooking are likely to lead on to downright forgery, there is little to support the argument that…
— Charles Thomas Jackson
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For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down by mishap; whether you give…
— Johannes Tauler
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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…
— Hugh Downs
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Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering and violent. Taking…
— Aldous Huxley
Who Wrote These Downright Quotes
80 authors contributed a total of 82 Downright Quotes, led by these top contributors: