Down Quotes

Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..

We should never compare what we are with what we could be, because we will always be down on ourselves when we do this.

I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.

There’s a destitute side, a breakdown in me. My subversive pursuit to finally be free.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man.

That someone else was speaking the words to me and I was just writing them down. It was a very strange experience. That can happen with a short book. I don’t think it could happen with a long book.

If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine.

One cannot walk down an avenue, converse with a friend, enter a building, browse beneath the sandstone arches of an old arcade without meeting an instrument of time.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!