Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems. — Aaron T. Beck
Fair Trade is a market-based, entrepreneurial response to business as usual: it helps third-word farmers developing direct market access as well as the organizational and… — Paul Rice
His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering a saxophone. Such… — Gunther Schuller
I hold that in the flight of the soaring birds (the vultures, the eagles, and other birds which fly without flapping) ascension is produced by… — Unknown Author
Although humans today remain more capable than machines for many tasks, by 2030 machine capabilities will have increased to the point that humans will have… — Unknown Author
Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance.… — Vince Lombardi
Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality. — Pema Chodron
When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied… — Russell Targ
I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps. — Jesse McCartney
What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely… — Carl von Clausewitz
A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an… — Maria Montessori
Able Danger consisted of approximately 20 direct individuals working for Special Forces in Tampa, Florida. The total amount of people working for Able Danger was… — Curt Weldon
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I… — Dick Dale
Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print. — Chuck Close
Every action and decision we take â€“ or donâ€™t â€“ ripples into the future. Â For the first time we have the capability, the technology,… — Jacque Fresco
The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond. The bad economist sees only the direct consequences of… — Henry Hazlitt
Genuine faith is living knowledge, exact cognition, direct experience. For many centuries faith and belief have been confused, and now it takes great effort and… — Samael Aun Weor
Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up. — Unknown Author
Jealousy is such a direct attack on whatever measure of confidence youâ€™ve been able to muster. But if you continue to write, you are probably… — Anne Lamott
The poet wants to â€˜sayâ€™ something. Why, then, doesnâ€™t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his… — Cleanth Brooks

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