Ronald Biggs Quotes

Our act started at the bottom and went downhill.

Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.

You watch guys live through their peaks, and then unfortunately, you've got to come down from that peak.

The top of a pinnacle now, firewood soon

Every junkie is like a setting sun.

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.

The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.

I have everything I had 20 years ago, only it's all a little lower.

I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.

You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.

Ambition aspires to descend.

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Everything I have done has been wasted. In another 20 years France will be dead.

It's good to go down because then you know you have to climb back to your old spot. And you can't be on top and not know that you can only go down.

I slowly became less famous and less successful. That was very difficult.

I was unbeatable - until I wasn't.

The MS really started going downhill in 1990.

From nothing to everything is a long way, from everything to nothing is one stop.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

The stationary condition is the beginning of the end