No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.
I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies.
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.
Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
I want very much to communicate science to as wide an audience as possible, but not at a cost of dumbing down, and not at a cost in getting things right.
I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.
You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row.
Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.
People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean.
Traditionally, sport has looked down at number crunchers, but the reality is that they give sport the financial sustenance it needs.
The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.
Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength daily.
I'd really like to go down the Amazon in some capacity. I've spent time in the Congo, so I love the jungle.
The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.
As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.
