Quotes of: Down-to-earth Keyword

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

Johan Huizinga

Where the cattle stand together, the lion lies down hungry.

African

Life is a ladder -- some will climb up it, others down.

Bulgarian

As soon as he set her down she said that she was tired.

Croatian

Never pick up what you didn't put down.

Virgin Islander

Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.

The Diary of a Young Girl

We girls, we're tough, darling. Soft on the outside but, deep down, we're tough.

The Gamble

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.

Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

She had privacy, and the privilege of walking up and down the same battlements as the sentries.

Rosa Luxemburg

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan

Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

If I lie down on my bed I must be here, But if I lie down in my grave I may be elsewhere.

Selected Poems

I like to knuckle down and get on with my job. I'll make mistakes, I'm bound to, but I'll write them down and I'll learn from them.

Paul Ince

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world.

Robert Caro

I find peace when I'm confused, I find hope when I'm let down, not in me but in you.

Switchfoot

When I first came down stairs, for two or three minutes I went down cellar to the water closet.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

I don't go out to clubs. You'll never see me on a table at a bar, jumping up and down.

Lea Michele

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Lawrence Welk

I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.

Ron White

The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

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