Those above are going down, those below are going up. — American Proverbs
Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up. — Bernie Sanders
I'm looking at them from above, because God put me there. — Augusto Pinochet
It's not easy to see things from the middle, rather than looking down on them from above or up at them from below, or from left to right or right to left: try it, you'll see that everything changes. — Gilles Deleuze
Manage the top line: your strategy, your people, and your products, and the bottom line will follow. — Steve Jobs
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. — Arnold Bennett
The people in the popular group say there is no peer pressure because they are at the top of the food chain. Really what they are doing is just eating away at everybody else. — Lauren Greenfield
The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals. — William Blum
If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization. — Robert Noyce
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. — Ed Viesturs
We look up for inspiration, down for desperation, right and left for information. — Sayings
The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management! — W. Edwards Deming
The world is a ladder for some to go up and others down. — American Proverbs
A leadership will be successful if it is able to serve the bottom. — Joko Widodo
The top is not forever. Either you walk down, or you are going to be kicked down. — Janet Collins
Short Top Down Quotes
Look up, now look down. Up is endless, down has an ending. Always look up. — Mod Sun
Get the big idea and all else follows. — B. J. Palmer
With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view. — Miyamoto Musashi
The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down. — Ed McBain
Make it nice where you are, and put the density on top. — Jan Gehl
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. — Samuel Johnson
Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves. — Taiichi Ohno
We've gone from looking up at the moon to looking down at Instagram. — Bill Whittle
Used to tell me the sky's the limit, now the sky is our point of view. — Big Sean
Life is a ladder; some will climb up it, others down. — Bulgarian Proverbs
Top 10 Top Down Quotes
When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others. — Edith Piaf
I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life. — Miranda Kerr
Communication can't always follow the top-down model. With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send. — Joseph Badaracco
When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy. — Stan Kenton
It's too hot for me to bother with wearing my hair down in the summer. I'd rather pin it up in braids, or throw it in a top knot so I don't have to think about it the rest of the day. — Mia Moretti
You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening. — Bill Walsh
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights. — Dr. Seuss
Obviously in the world of sports, you go through different ups and downs than in normal life. You might be on top of the world playing or you're sidelined with an injury. — Tobin Heath
I need someone physically stronger than me.... I am always on top. It's really unfortunate. I am begging for the man that can put me on the bottom. Or the woman. Anybody that can take me down. — Angelina Jolie
Top Down Image Quotes
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
Drop Top Quotes
Promise to my momma I'ma make it to the Top..
So I'ma keep climbing til my heartbeat drop — J. Cole
Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall — Tupac Shakur
Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds Are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me — Eva Cassidy
When you reach the top, keep climbing.
Potty mouth, rock star, at the top and still tryna climb, Drop the top sit back recline — French Montana
In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques. — Art Linkletter
Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat. — Miles Davis
Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Some say his droppings have been found as far north as York, and that he has a full size tattoo of his face, on his face. All we know is he’s called the Stig. — Jeremy Clarkson
The killjoys initiated automobile crash standards so rigorous that we can't buy a car that hasn't been dropped from the top of a phone pole with our whole family strapped inside. — P. J. O'Rourke
When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time. — Ian Astbury
Going to America increased the build up on me, especially as the war was going on there. In a way we'd turned out to be a Trojan horse. The 'Fab Four' moved right to the top and then sang about drugs and sex and then I got into more and more heavy stuff and that's when they started dropping us. — John Lennon
Down To Up Quotes
Look up to the sky. You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down. — Charlie Chaplin
We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. — Phyllis Diller
The climb is tough, but the view from the top is worth it.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive — Ratan Tata
For those to whom much is given, much is required. It is not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. There is no substitute for victory. — Douglas MacArthur
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. — Banana Yoshimoto
So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist. — Stephen Hawking
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. — Sojourner Truth
Bottom-up Quotes
It is at the bottom where we find grace; for like water, grace seeks the lowest place and there it pools up. — Richard Rohr
She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste. — Julio Cortazar
When you help another up a mountain, you are a little nearer to the top yourself.
I like to play in the deep register. I was never a high-note specialist. My range goes from the bottom of the horn up to around C or D. High D is about it for me ... about two-and-a-half octaves, I think. But in these two-and-a-half octaves, I can say everything I have to say. — Chet Baker
Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out. — LeCrae
I give myself this advice: Do not fear truth, let it be ever so contrary to inclination and feeling. Never give up the search after it; and let me take courage, and try from the bottom of my heart to do that which I believe truth dictates, if it lead me to be a Quaker or not — Elizabeth Fry
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it
When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up. — Pattie Mallette
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. — Muhammad Ali
Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses. — Janine Benyus
Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions. — Charles Jencks
There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates. — George S. Patton
The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.
The money was all appropriated for the top in the hopes that it would trickle down to the needy. Mr. Hoover didn’t know that money trickled up. Give it to the people at the bottom and the people at the top will have it before night, anyhow. But it will at least have passed through the poor fellow’s hands. — Will Rogers
We try to find very robust, stable businesses which are only very modestly levered and as a result we don’t need to think particularly ‘top down.’ We don’t need to think about exactly where interest rates are going to be for us to do well. We look for a big discount. If you can buy something for 50 cents in the dollar - yes. — Bill Ackman
Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.
Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down. — Guy de Maupassant
When I'm lost in the rain, In your eyes I know I'll find the light to light my way And when I'm scared, losing ground When my world is going crazy You can turn it all around and when I'm down you're there Pushing me to the top You're always there, giving me all you've got — Christina Aguilera
I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down. — Mitch Hedberg
Neoconservatism had the philosophy that you go in with a supply-led approach to impose democratic values from the top down. Whereas Islamists and far-right organizations, for decades, have been building demand for their ideology on the grassroots. — Maajid Nawaz
...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. — Mitch Albom
When I think about what makes Canada great, fresh water is right at the top of the list. We have over two million lakes in this country and more than enough people who are willing to mess with them. My Canada includes weird scientists who are devoted to keeping our water clean. When we stand up and we sing O Canada, we pledge to stand on guard for thee. If that doesn't include our water, we might as well sit down and give up. — Rick Mercer
When you take your step your dream comes true,you see the sky with fluffy clouds you take your breath-the flowers bloom you belth your way to the top of the mountain you see the sky it leaves you nothing but bumps the rain comes down the lighting hits you are the thunder and Im your lighting just deal with everything Naturally. — Selena Gomez
Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, drives our curiosity, fuels our love and carries our friendship, stimulates our intellect, and pushes our limit.... A passion for life is contagious and uplifting. Passion cuts both ways.... Those that make you feel on top of the world are equally able to turnit upside down. — Jon Krakauer
There are a handful of companies who understand all successful business operations come down to three basic principles; People---Product---Profit. Without top people, you cannot do much with the other two. — Malcolm Forbes
If you want to raise a man from mud and filth, do not think it is enough to stay on top and reach a helping hand down to him. You must go all the way down yourself, down into mud and filth. Then take hold of him with strong hands and pull him and yourself out into the light. — Martin Buber
I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up.
I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope. — L. Ron Hubbard
Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment. — Brian Tracy
Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice. — Julie Andrews
We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived. — Guy Laliberte
It is daffodil time, so the robins all cry, For the sun's a big daffodil up in the sky, And when down the midnight the owl call to-whoo! Why, then the round moon is a daffodil too; Now sheer to the bough-tops the sap starts to climb, So, merry my masters, it's daffodil time. — Clinton Scollard
Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there. — Norman Vincent Peale
I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people. — Grandma Moses
There are days when I swear I could fly like an eagle
And dark desperate hours that nobody sees
My arms stretched triumphant on top of the mountain
My head in my hands down on my knees — Stevie Nicks
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. — Arnold Bennett
I turned down a date once because I was looking for someone a little closer to the top of the food chain. — Judy Tenuta
I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship. — Gabriel Iglesias
When you take the elevator to the top, please remember to send it back down so someone else might use it. — Dikembe Mutombo
Every day of my life it feels as if I'm
fighting my way up an escalator that only goes down.
And no matter how fast or how hard I run to try to reach the top, I stay in
the same place, sprinting, getting nowhere. — Colleen Hoover
Now then, Pooh," said Christopher Robin, "where's your boat?" "I ought to say," explained Pooh as they walked down to the shore of the island, "that it isn't just an ordinary sort of boat. Sometimes it's a Boat, and sometimes it's more of an Accident. It all depends." "Depends on what?" "On whether I'm on the top of it or underneath it. — A. A. Milne
The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits. — Timothy Geithner
Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below. — Peter Block
Many foreigners have asked me how we made the Danish style. And I've answered that it...was rather a continuous process of purification, and for me of simplification, to cut down to the simplest possible elements of four legs, a seat and combined top rail and arm rest. — Hans Wegner
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