Downplays Quotes & Sayings

I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always looking for the side of who they might become. — Mary Ellen Mark

The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life's challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short. — Ashton Applewhite

After living with his art in my own chamber, I saw there was more than mere mimicry, and that art was a world unto itself, with its own symbols and language. A leaf seen in a certain light might be gray or violet as well as purple, and a latticework of twigs might easily turn red as the sky paled above the city. — Alice Hoffman

I made three films with Boris Karloff. He was absolutely wonderful. — Christopher Lee

But Dr. Erland said nothing else, only smiled at her with mischievous eyes that filled her with suspicion. — Marissa Meyer

Stories matter. Stories are how we make sense of the world, which doesn't mean that those stories can't be stupid and simplistic and full of lies. Stories can exaggerate and offend and they always, always matter. — Laurie Penny

I've always been too much and yet not enough. — Deirdre Riordan Hall

People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers. And that, in turn, is why Wall Street perennially downplays the durable virtues of investing and hypes the gaudy appeal of speculation. — Benjamin Graham

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. — Joseph Lancaster

There is a core simplicity to the English language and its American variant, but it's a slippery core. — Stephen King

A church without the broken is a broken church. — Ed Stetzer

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) new Summary for Policymakers is a political document that downplays assessments of uncertainty from the scientific reports. It omits much contrary evidence. In several cases, it even disagrees with the reports on which it is based. — Steven F. Hayward