Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the… — Sherman Alexie
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress… — Bruno Dumont
I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio. — Nick Lowe
There is only one winning strategy. It is to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to that target market. — Philip Kotler
When you are angry, you make bad decisions in direct proportion to the level of your anger. — W. E. B. Griffin
Traditional hedonism...was based on the direct experience of pleasure: wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; or whatever the local variant. The… — David Graeber
Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free. — David Graeber
When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up as… — Rollo May
It was a complete dream to work with David LaChapelle. I collected his books as a teenager, and I fantasised that he would direct the… — Florence Welch
The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and… — Carroll Quigley
In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency… — Henry Charles Carey
This is the equivalent of an â€œinternal showerâ€. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains… — Joseph Pilates
What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have… — Johnnetta B. Cole
Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain my… — John Baillie
Two respondents described dreams which they had related to the procedure. Both described dreams of vomiting fetuses along with a sense of horror ... In… — Warren Hern
I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct actors, I direct… — Julie Taymor
I would like to remain an actress, but am very anxious to direct and produce. — Megan Gallagher
Do not direct all your energies towards seeking pleasure but rather towards a sublime ideal. Your energies will then serve you and contribute to the… — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
I wouldn't want to direct. I see how much work it is. — Devon Sawa
Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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