Direct Quotes

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I believe [the Department of Energy] should be judged not by the money we direct to a particular State or district, company, university or national… — Steven Chu
To be worthy of the name, an experimenter must be at once theorist and practitioner. While he must completely master the art of establishing experimental… — Claude Bernard
Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul… — Jerry Bridges
The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from an… — Carl Sagan
I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and… — Michael Faraday
[In the case of research director, Willis R. Whitney, whose style was to give talented investigators as much freedom as possible, you may define "serendipity"… — Irving Langmuir
Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that have resisted… — John Playfair
...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating… — Aristotle
Pride... is the direct appreciation of oneself. — Arthur Schopenhauer
You must direct your full, intense concentration on the heart. You must feel that you are not the mind. You have to feel that you… — Sri Chinmoy
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to… — Charles Darwin
Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the… — Thomas Jefferson
In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple,… — Mark Twain
We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way; this is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind, and… — Samael Aun Weor
Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and… — Kofi Annan
Meditation is the direct means of eradicating the very cause of the majority of diseases, both mental and physical. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else. — Robert Kiyosaki
I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent… — Mother Teresa
I sympathize the first, the direct and single-minded attack [Red Revolution]. I believe it to have been necessary and inevitable in Russia. It may someday… — Stuart Chase

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