Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

Nothing as drastic an innovation as abstract art could have come in to existence, save as the consequence of a most profound, relentless, unquenchable need.… — Robert Motherwell
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves. — Norman Tebbit
I could see why someone would want to make a website about me, and my quotes. They are all gold. How many people have written,… — Zach Braff
You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence. — Spider Robinson
Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success â€” and success is in direct proportion to our service. — Earl Nightingale
A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before ou… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Do not be angry with people who are weak. That is the mark of a coward. There are plenty of things to be angry about… — Josei Toda
Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct… — John W. Snow
Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him to reveal to… — Rene Descartes
This is a business, the direct selling, that bizarrely works best when times are bad. — Jim Cramer
When I read in Fortune magazine that Warren Buffet, the billionaire investor and one of the world's richest men, was investing in a direct sales… — David Bach
Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the… — William Shakespeare
I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… — William Godwin
Life is a matter of choice. Everything we manifest in our day to day lives is the direct result of our choices along the way.… — Dannion Brinkley
... the place where [adults] pass the most time and submit to the closest control is at work. Thus, without even entering into the question… — Bob Black
The absurdity of public-choice theory is captured by Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in the following little scenario: "Can you direct me to the railway… — Linda McQuaig
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass.… — Stephen Covey
The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the army was a… — Herbert Read
To the individual believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit there is granted the direct impression of the Spirit of God on the spirit of man,… — G. Campbell Morgan
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct… — Anthony Minghella

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