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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 didn't like The Astrodome or any of the Astro-Turf fields. Probably my worst ballpark was The Met in Minnesota; I hated that place. I was so glad when they tore that place down, you have no idea.

Quotes by Rollie Fingers

My films have become bilingual. When everyone saw 'Chennai Express,' they said it was a bilingual. But I am proud that 'Chennai Express' is the highest-grossing Hindi film down South.

Quotes by Rohit Shetty

I would personally not run down any cinema just because I am not capable of making it. Anurag Kashyap makes a certain kind of cinema; I make a different kind. But when we meet, we are friendly.

Quotes by Rohit Shetty

I collect words and phrases and cut things out of newspapers and keep scrapbooks and write down ideas in my phone or 10,000 notebooks all around my house. It's not very organised, but I keep collecting, so I did have...

Quotes by Roisin Murphy

Bernie Madoff... was regulated up and down and every which way, and it didn't do any good - he ran away with everyone's money.

Quotes by Roger Ver

PayPal came within an inch of being shut down by regulators when they started. The feds seizing the Dwolla account and stealing the money that is owned by Mt. Gox customers is more proof that Bitcoin is the superior payment...

Quotes by Roger Ver

If the U.S. government tries to restrict or clamp down, that just means there will be many more bitcoin businesses in Hong Kong and Singapore, and all those Americans will miss out on all the opportunities.

Quotes by Roger Ver

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.

Quotes by Roger Zelazny

There is nothing - nothing - worse than seeing ankle or a hairy calf when a man in a suit or trousers sits down.

Quotes by Roger Stone

I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something.

Quotes by Roger Taylor

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there.

Quotes by Roger McGuinn

I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it.

Quotes by Roger McGuinn

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

Quotes by Roger Moore

My father himself was a human geneticist who was recognized for demonstrating that older mothers tend to get more Down syndrome children, but he had lots of scientific interests.

Quotes by Roger Penrose

It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.

Quotes by Roger Maris

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more...

Quotes by Roger Bannister

I need to surf - surf and yoga. Whenever I'm in L.A., I go down to San Diego to surf for the weekend, and I always come back perfect.

Quotes by Rodrigo Santoro

There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.

Quotes by Roger Ailes

Housing works like a trampoline. When it is pushed down far enough and long enough, it will eventually snap upward very powerfully.

Quotes by Roger Altman

In September 2008, the overleveraged and undermanaged U.S. banking system suffered a terrifying collapse. And that, in turn, nearly took the whole country down.

Quotes by Roger Altman

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.