So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, flirting is a pretty universal language. Americans are more direct. British people are more indirect about… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
The picture is the imitation and converted reality of the goods, in short, an indirect substitute for reality. — Herbert Bayer Copy Share Image
Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Westlake is allusive, indirect, referential, a bit rococo, Stark strips his sentences down to the necessary information. — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare. — Helmut Jahn Copy Share Image
The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
I also learned from reading the left-wing press about the [Franklin] Roosevelt administration's indirect support for Francisco Franco, which was not well… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes indirect style and varying chronology is great, but quite often I've seen it be just something that gets in the way.… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
Every thoughtful, well-meaning and conscientious human being should assume in time of peace, the solemn and unconditional obligation not to participate in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A true bond of friendship is usually only possible between people of roughly equal status. This equality is demonstrated in many indirect… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
If there's any indirect way I can motivate or inspire Olympic athletes... that is one of the greatest honors. Even Natalie Coughlin… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A fact is a proposition of which the verification by an appeal to the primary sources of our knowledge or to experience… — Chauncey Wright Copy Share Image
One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included… — F. F. Bruce Copy Share Image
In the 10 or so years since e-sourcing technology first made its way into grocers' procurement departments, the results secured have been… — Steve Whiteman Copy Share Image
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Some international relations scholars would posit that interest in zombies is an indirect attempt to get a cognitive grip on what U.S.… — Daniel Drezner Copy Share Image
I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'm very concerned with questions of language. This is what I think of when I think of myself as a writer: I'm… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The genius of Laplace was a perfect sledge hammer in bursting purely mathematical obstacles; but, like that useful instrument, it gave neither… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel believed that social changes are brought about slowly, and sometimes by indirect means. — Bertha von Suttner Copy Share Image
Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I take a lot of inspiration from the nature of the universe and visualize my work as a direct or indirect reflection… — Jeet Aulakh Copy Share Image
For any business that has an indirect model to move into the direct business is very difficult and very challenging. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
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