Downfield Quotes & Sayings

Hatred had blossomed from the vine of contempt in his heart, flowers of dark, grim splendor. — Aleksandr Voinov

I remembered some lines from the papers: our nuclear stations are absolutely safe, we could build one on Red Square, they're safer than samovars. They're like stars and we'll "light" the whole earth with them. — Svetlana Alexievich

Tanka
Black-and-white Holsteins
Crowd downfield at feeding time,
Mingling their blotches.
It is like ice breaking up
In a dark, swollen river. — Richard Wilbur

I felt like looking at the season to this point, we probably hadn't taken enough shots downfield to loosen thing up, ... It does serve a purpose even if you don't hit it. There's nothing that will get a cornerback to back off a little bit than knowing he got beat even if you hit it or not. — Mark Richt

Habit, in fact, was what propelled his life forward. Though he no longer believed in a perfect community, nor felt the warmth of chemistry between people. — Haruki Murakami

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Why sing music that you get to choose that isn't personal to you? That is the great thing about what I do. — Karen Mason

Labor is really going to hurt. — Jessica Simpson

Many parts of a pine tree are edible. — Euell Gibbons

We're losing a species every few seconds. We cannot put them back. If we change our mind and say, 'Oops, we made a mistake' - it's too late. This is the world we live with. — W.S. Merwin

I could throw a pass to a spot as well as anyone who ever lived - But that's a God-given talent. I could never stand back and flick the ball 60 yards downfield with my wrists like Dan Marino does. — Otto Graham

It was at our library that I found Nancy Drew and fell in love with the genre. I've been grateful ever since for those tolerant, book-loving librarians who allowed a child like me to read what I wanted to read. — Nancy Pickard

There are a lot of guys who have terrible throwing motions-worse than mine. But they still get the ball downfield. That's all that matters. — Vince Young

Money isn't everything. I've got money and I've got everything, and they're not the same. — Robert Maxwell

As we all know, the budget decisions which give rise to increased debt are what counts, and the debt is just a by-product of those budget decisions. — Roger Altman

People don't like getting older, but they do like changing. Staying the same is a kind of death. — Tommy Wallach

I see young quarterbacks just coming into the league, and they're throwing screens and layoffs right away. As funny as this might sound, I really learned a lot by going downfield, even in tight coverage. — Peyton Manning

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments. — Tulsi Gabbard

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires. — Albert Schweitzer

He wants to play major college football at a university far away, where nobody will know about his tragic family history. Then he wants to play in the NFL.

Every catch brings him closer to that reality. That's how he thinks of it, anyway. Every time he runs downfield, sees the ball in the air, and hears the defensive back laboring to catch up, whenever he feels that ball fall out of the sky and into his waiting hands, he inches closer to his goals. — Neil Hayes

I speak Cantonese, and I speak Tagalog. — Reggie Lee