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Down Quotes

Working the count, and watching things slip.

This page uses "down" across very different contexts — a baseball strategy built on working the count against a hitter's expectations, and a theory of absurdist humor rooted deep in the subconscious. For lighter, forward-looking sayings, try Downside quotes.

I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging... you know you have a multimillion-seller hit -...

Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought, 'Please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over!'

Quotes by Agyness Deyn

Somewhere down the line, the evil ones stole the legacy of hip hop and flipped it to a corporate type of hip hop. They decided to tell everybody 'Well, this is what hip hop is,' instead of coming back to...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Downfall Quotes

We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

As early as 1681-82, a group of Abenakis had accompanied the French explorer La Salle on his historic voyage down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. By 1700, many Abenaki and Iroquois Indians spoke French and had some European...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

I'm thankful God really slowed me down and showed me, whatever he had gave to me, he can take it away.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

When it comes to boxing, I'm a four-time champion in four different weight classes. I did it at the age of 26. You can't down talk that.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

I've been through so much in this game. I've been up. I've been down. It's the way I grew.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

Downgrade Quotes

The 'Story of Silent Night', which was given to me one Christmas when I was six - it was the story of a down and out composer who had no ideas left, and it was Christmas, and he came up...

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down.

Quotes by Adriana Lima

There have been a handful of assignments over the years that I've had to turn down due to time constraints, and I was fairly envious when I saw the finished product, beautifully illustrated by someone else.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

There's never been a moment where I sat down at my drawing board and thought, 'I'm a pro!'

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

I thought I was Superman until I experienced that life-changing anaphylactic shock. I was eating lunch and gobbled down a couple of bowls of gumbo. Then, 15 minutes later, I'm in my dorm room resting up. My eyes started itching...

Quotes by Adrian Peterson

Downhill Quotes

I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today.

Quotes by Adolph Green

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson II

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we should not be too worried if the inflation is created by global commodity prices. When they come down, inflation will automatically come...

Quotes by Adi Godrej

I've always written down how I feel.

Quotes by Adele

Downside Quotes

I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Down" quotes cover?
A mix of subjects - a baseball strategy about working the count down before throwing to a hitter's power, thoughts on absurdity and humor coming from deep down in the subconscious, a joke about how band names never come from some grand story, and a blunt claim about family values.
Is there a quote about baseball strategy?
Yes, one quote explains how working the count down can set up a hitter to expect a pitch to their weakness, only to throw to their power instead - a tactic for getting important outs.
Is there a quote about humor and absurdity?
Yes, one quote calls absurdity a favorite brand of humor, tying it to surrealism buried "deep down inside" the subconscious. For more on humor's darker or unexpected turns, see the Downside page.
Is there a quote about family values declining?
Yes, one quote states plainly: "Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families." It doesn't elaborate further on what's changed. Browse the Downhill page for more on decline-related themes.
Is there a quote about naming a band?
Yes, one quote humorously points out that band names never come from some elaborate story, like climbing Mount Fuji and seeing a golden dove come down at the top - it's really just, as the quote tells it, a bunch of guys sitting around working it out. For more on setbacks and reality checks, check out the Downfall and Downgrade pages.

There's also a wry story about how bands never actually get their name from some dramatic mountaintop moment, alongside a blunter complaint about eroding family values. Continue with Downfall quotes or Downhill quotes.