Direct Quotes · Page 20

Direct experience is the evasion, or hiding place of those devoid of imagination.

— Fernando Pessoa

“If you do not direct your path, the world will. Don't ever let anyone make you go where you do not want…

— Toni Sorenson

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

— Douglas Horton

One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God.

— Carl Jung

The degree of our spiritual strength will be in direct proportion to the time we spend in God's Word.

— Elizabeth George

I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.

— Dinah Manoff

I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie.

— Julia Roberts

In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.

— David Platt

I think what you expect of every candidate and ultimately of a president is to listen to the facts and to deal…

— Chris Christie

Mindfulness is the direct application of Buddhist teachings to a physical event, a way of doing or accomplishing something, or a way…

— Frederick Lenz

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

— William Hague

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are many direct biological benefits that result from higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Two of the most important are increased plant photosynthesis…

— Keith E. Idso

Photography isolates the world via an aperture and gives the photographer the means to see differently, to achieve a spontaneous vision that…

— Ellsworth Kelly

Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely…

— Chris Colfer

I want to write and direct, but I don't think if I did it for 100 years I would ever come close…

— Daniel Radcliffe

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been…

— Dan Quayle

There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing...…

— William S. Burroughs

I look upon prayer-meetings as the most profitable exercises (excepting the public preaching) in which Christians can engage. They have a direct…

— John Newton

I like writing for other people. I love it. It's great because you write it and then you hand it off to…

— Nicholas Stoller

I'm completely surrounded, not only my father, but also my three brothers, and Sergio, my husband, all four of them work in…

— Lucia Puenzo

Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness,…

— Anandamayi Ma

(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers.…

— Jackie Kay

Years later, I found myself running a network television division and then a movie studio and now an entire entertainment company. But,…

— Michael Eisner

I was always going to direct. I wasn't going to hand my characters over to anyone else.

— Dee Rees

When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.

— Peter Hans Kolvenbach

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

— Joshua Leonard

I think the number one stat that is a direct correlation on winning and losing is turnovers.

— Philip Rivers

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.

— Thomas E. Mann

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

— Eva Zeisel

I wish I was like you! You know startled by direct sunlight.

— Dylan Moran

Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.

— David O. McKay

His music was direct from his heart and brain in the purest form possible.

— Joshua Logan

If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

— Ridley Scott

I think what's happening in Hollywood is a direct reflection of what's happening in the world right now.

— Anika Noni Rose

If you look at any of my movies I write, direct, edit, and produce them.

— Ti West

If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct.

— Phil Foglio

I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.

— Werner Herzog

A song isn't a newspaper. It might feel direct, but it's not.

— David Longstreth

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine

— Rick Pitino