Downbeating Quotes & Sayings

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this. — Roy Lichtenstein

I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want, — Al Capone

By the Angel," Jace said, looking the demon up and down. "I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugly, but no one ever warned me about the smell."
Abbadon opened its mouth and hissed. Inside its mouth were two rows of jagged glass-sharp teeth.
"I'm not sure about this wind and howling darkness business," Jace went on, "smells more like landfill to me. You sure you're not from Staten Island? — Cassandra Clare

I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals. — Sheri L. Dew

You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing. — Dalai Lama

But for Mozart love is only the litmus test. To determine whether one is truly free or not. — Andre Brink