Best Downward Quotations

146 Downward quotes by 132 unique authors

After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand
For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater… — Aristotle
Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen. — Thomas Sowell
Achilles too staggered a moment. He felt his soul change colour. Blood pooled at his feet, and though he continued to stand upright and triumphant… — David Malouf
Through incarnations, some beings do go down. That is to say, they forget. The soul falls into an eclipse of itself and there is a… — Frederick Lenz
Beauty and anguish walking hand in hand the downward slope to death. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. — Honore de Balzac
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that… — Mencius
They who once engage in iniquitous designs miserably deceive themselves when they think that they will go so far and no farther; one fault begets… — Robert Southey
The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory… — Anthony Kennedy
Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. — Barbara Ehrenreich
Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for… — Augustus Hare
To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need… — Henri Nouwen
Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure.… — Charles Stanley
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood. — Marcus Brigstocke
I don't want to go on being a root in the dark, vacillating, stretched out, shivering with sleep, downward, in the soaked guts of the… — Pablo Neruda
There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing… — Marcel Proust
When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life. — John Kennedy Toole
Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want to be alone… — Lisa Kleypas
A few feathery flakes are scattered widely through the air, and hover downward with uncertain flight, now almost alighting on the earth, now whirled again… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Out there people are working and arguing and laughing, living their beautiful, terrible lives, falling in love and having babies and being bored out of… — Kim Addonizio
You’re here.” “I am.” Jason boldly took in the way she looked. “I take it you don’t often wear that dress in court.” “Probably not… — Julie James
In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent. — Aldous Huxley
You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or… — Ronald Reagan

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