Downward Quotes
146 Downward quotes by 132 unique authors
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Why are we so obsessed with celebrity culture? We have front-page news about divorces instead of front-page news about global warming, about women being abused,…
— Heather Mills
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A woman drew her long black hair out tight, And fiddled whisper music on those strings, And bats with baby faces in the violet light…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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To 'know your place' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say 'stay in your place' or 'hang on to your place',…
— William Safire
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That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first…
— Christopher McDougall
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... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich…
— Daniel J. Mitchell
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At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.
— Adam Schiff
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Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they…
— J I Packer
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The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice…
— Charles Spurgeon
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It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation
— James Hillman
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If only I kept my eye on the ball, Looking downward as does the pro there, I might not see where it was going, at…
— Richard Armour
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Year after year, we have had to explain from mid-year onwards why the global growth rate has been lower than predicted as little as two…
— Unknown Author
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So whether you do your first downward dog at 14 or 44, it’s not your history but your presence on your mat that counts.
— K. Pattabhi Jois
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When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
— Jim Hightower
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If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a…
— Rio Ferdinand
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The progress of science requires the growth of understanding in both directions, downward from the whole to the parts and upward from the parts to…
— Freeman Dyson
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Your mind simply cant focus forward and downward all at the same time.
— Daryn Kagan
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The triangle pointing downward is a female symbol corresponding to the yoni and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the lingam ... When the…
— Albert Mackey
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Most Americans are on a downward escalator. Median wage in the United States, adjusted for inflation, keeps on dropping.
— Robert Reich
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The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You can only deal with what is the…
— Mark Burnett
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We can hold back neither the coming of the flowers nor the downward rush of the stream; sooner or later, everything comes to its fruition.
— Li Ching-Yuen
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We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into…
— Jim Rohn
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Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.
— Jerry Bridges
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As it acts in the world, the Tao is like the bending of a bow. The top is bent downward; the bottom is bent up.…
— Laozi
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The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone…
— Stephen Covey
Who Wrote These Downward Quotes
132 authors contributed a total of 146 Downward Quotes, led by these top contributors: