Direct Quotes · Page 27

I probably won't direct the stories I am writing but will star in them.

— Satyadev Kancharana

The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.

— Stanley Smith Stevens

Allow the inherent emptiness within what you are about to do direct you.

— Frederick Lenz

There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.

— Anonymous

Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad.

— Harry Caray

I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.

— Judy Sheindlin

When asked if direct sales is a pyramid scheme. My reply is a corporation has only one person at the top.

— Donald Trump

There is no direct evidence that [Alex] Haley sat down with the F.B.I.

— Manning Marable

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a…

— Alexander Herzen

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct…

— Arthur Scargill

Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the…

— John Muir

The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from…

— Mark Mason

Every minute, every second, the pattern of genes being expressed in your brain changes, often in direct or indirect response to events…

— Matt Ridley

I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And…

— Tim Blake Nelson

Unless Hamas recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terror, the Palestinian Authority should receive no direct U.S. assistance.

— Lois Capps

Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

As for the eastern part of the former Soviet Union, the picture is rather uniform. Authoritarian structures prevail to differing extents. But…

— Garry Kasparov

Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need…

— Kumi Naidoo

There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit…

— Michael Milken

It's easy for people to be characterized in public life based upon their personality, and I have a very direct, blunt personality.…

— Chris Christie

I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story,…

— Steven Spielberg

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is…

— Michael Crichton

Of course, in the states, about half the states elect their judges, and that's an even more direct involvement with politics. But…

— Martha Minow

Every type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal.

— Max Weber

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.

— Terry Jones

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

Mourinho doesn't need to give long speeches. He's direct and to the point.

— Raphael Varane

If [domain seizure] isn't direct censorship, I don't know what is.

— Dan Gillmor

People think I'm really melancholy and romantic and all whispery. I'm not at all. I'm very direct.

— Norah Jones

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

— Confucius

I think that with podcasts, a lot of things are about fostering and having a direct connection with the community.

— Chelsea Peretti

Music stimulates within us direct experience of expanded reality

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

— Dennis Franz

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

— Naturi Naughton

Cutting straight into color reminds me of the direct carving of the sculptor.

— Henri Matisse

Whether I act or direct I ensure that there is a social message attached.

— Neena Gupta

Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer…

— Laz Alonso

A lot of people that have worked with me know I'm pretty direct.

— Gail Kim

As a guiding principle, life shrinks and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk.

— Casey Neistat