Downright Quotes

82 quotes by 80 authors

When the lie and the truth are two trenchant weapons, they are at the risk of becoming downright uncertainties. — Marieta Maglas
What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one of us. God… — Swami Vivekananda
Anything pursued and attained as a supposed compensation for the lack of self-love is ineffective and can get downright ugly. — Jesse D. Jennings
So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda. — Randall Terry
The fact that a total of 18 musicians humbly came together to share the glory and create something this original, epic, and downright heavy, is… — James Moore
It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the… — Rashida Jones
The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or… — Irving Fisher
My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that next to the… — James Boswell
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I wouldn't say design has become strictly functional. A lot of cars these days look downright comic book to me, and the info-gadgets with which… — Scott Westerfeld
Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with.… — Larry Kramer
Barack Obama's inspirational whoosh to the presidency in 2008 was unusual. Most campaigns are less exhilarating; indeed, they are downright disappointing - until someone wins. — Joe Klein
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare. — Dick Cavett
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is downright treason. — Charles Churchill
In the tropics the white feels weakened, or downright weak, whence comes the heightened tendency to outbursts of aggression. People who are polite, modest or… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
An artist who is too self-centered is liable to exhibit faults he abhors: carelessness, callousness, and even downright cruelty. — Eric Maisel
Rarely have I seen any really great advertising created without a certain amount of confusion, throw-aways, bent noses, irritation and downright cursedness. — Leo Burnett
The life of meditation and religious study is absolutely no guarantee of peak moments. Most people involved in religious study and meditation are downright bored,… — Frederick Lenz
No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. When the secular is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old,… — H. L. Mencken
Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church… — John Greenleaf Whittier

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