Direct Quotes · Page 18

Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.

— Paulo Coelho

I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.

— Yaphet Kotto

I think every actor should direct at least once and vice versa.

— Hart Bochner

I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.

— Imtiaz Ali

“The only realistic way to change things is direct participation in democracy.”

— Jón Gnarr

I would very much like to direct, star, perform, and just be a general auteur.

— Kayvan Novak

It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker.

— Henry David Thoreau

It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying.

— Dan Harmon

Along with this rapid growth of forms of communication at our disposal - be it fax, phone, email, Internet or whatever -…

— Werner Herzog

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the…

— Audre Lorde

That's the real endeavor: to try to create that direct conduit from the pure consciousness of your creative voice to the person…

— Billy Corgan

It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop…

— John Frankenheimer

This is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the lives of Canadian children with a disability by providing a more direct route…

— Milos Raonic

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use…

— Ted Rall

When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the…

— Bob Diamond

I have never directed anything for the stage. I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting…

— Joseph Pilates

This problem [of historical opportunities] compounds itself by limiting the number of people in the pipeline to attain the experience to do…

— Joe Robert Cole

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct…

— Vincent Van Gogh

In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy…

— Andrew Cohen

If a subject has a delicate surface to it, you do not want to go charging in there. You need to establish…

— William Albert Allard

Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and…

— Louis Leterrier

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from…

— Joseph Chaikin

“It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.”

— Daniel Willey

I have to come out of the closet of the third person and speak in a more direct way.

— Susan Sontag

Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.

— William Zinsser

Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.

— Penn Jillette

What was in my direct environment, and the feelings I experienced there, were what I translated into my lyrics.

— Koffee

Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.

— Stephen D. Krashen

I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at.

— Gedde Watanabe

A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.

— Mark Twain

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Don't tell me I can't do that. Watch me. Don't tell me I can't direct this movie. Watch me.

— Goldie Hawn

I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.

— Steven Spielberg

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

— Terry Jones

I wanna produce, write, and direct my own projects, and eventually fund them. I wanna be a mogul.

— Kevin Hart

“God wants to take care of us, raise us up and direct us in life”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Your feet will never direct you to a place where your is not there.”

— Moroaswi Tumiso Victor

I will surely love to direct a film. It could be a short film as well.

— Akshara Haasan