#backwards

A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going backwards into tonality. It seemed so wrong. The idea that progress is going into the past in a new way is very strange, even though there are precedents. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#case #choice #difficult #even #expression

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards. ↗

— Murray Walker

#f1 #fact #formula #formula one #in fact

At this time of day it should have been open and full of fifty fellow smackheads, crackheads, psychotics, epileptics, schizophrenics, self-harmers, beggars, buskers, car thieves, sherry pushers, ciderheads, just-released-that-morning convicts, ex-army, ex-married-men-with-young-children-who'd-discovered-their-wife-in-bed-with-two-members-of-the-university-rowing-team-at-the-same-time. ↗

— Alexander Masters

#stuart-a-life-backwards #life

I feel like I'm going backwards, actually, as I get older. I'm regressing. I feel more and more like a kid, which is kind of a fun feeling. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#backwards #feel #feeling #fun #get

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only. ↗

— Donald McKay

#come #ending #hand #like #only

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards? ↗

— Edvard Munch

#developed #go #technique #why

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#reactionary #walking

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#bishop #board #diagonally #extent #forwards

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#ago #backwards #becoming #completely #fell

You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards. ↗

— Ryan Stiles

#confession #got #i #just #know