Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not… — John Marshall
Using the risk-based approach presented by the ISPE Guide (i.e., system and component level classification) limited qualification activities to verifying and testing critical aspects of… — Robert A. Young
No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more… — William Borah
If you feel besieged by life today, lean on the God of peace - the God of hope and the future. The same God who… — David Jeremiah
California has often led the country, indeed the world, in the technology, consumption, trends, lifestyles, and of course, mass entertainment. It is where the car… — Fareed Zakaria
... if one were to refuse to have direct, geometric, intuitive insights, if one were reduced to pure logic, which does not permit a choice… — Henri Lebesgue
I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a… — Louis Agassiz
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer… — John Forbes Nash
Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct — Marcel Marceau
Whether young or old, rich or poor, learned or unlearned, should presume to dispense the mysteries of Christ without the strongest of all possible reasons… — James Henley Thornwell
If, on the other hand, we wish to describe a particular phenomenon without repressing our direct experience, then we cannot avoid speaking of the phenomenon… — David Abram
Pure love is who you are! When you express pure love, you give yourself the direct experience of who you are. It is the greatest… — Neale Donald Walsch
The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously. — George W. Bush
For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. — Peter Jackson
There is, I think, no point in the philosophy of progressive education which is sounder than its emphasis upon the importance of the participation of… — John Dewey
With the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more… — Alfred North Whitehead
If the right thing came along, I would absolutely direct something I did not write because I love the process so much, but we'll see.… — Stephen Chbosky
Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy. — Dick Gephardt
Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to… — Rachel Caine
If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct. — Phil Foglio

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