Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

Find the god in your own heart and you will understand by direct intuition what all the great teachers, real mystics, true philosophers and inspired… — Paul Brunton
Unexplained pain may sometimes direct our attention to something unacknowledged, something we are afraid to know or feel. Then it holds us to our integrity,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call, between New York and San Francisco. Of course, back in that primitive era the parties had to… — Dave Barry
Reason is just as cunning as she is powerful. Her cunning consists principally in her mediating activity, which, by causing objects to act and re-act… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and… — Shakti Gawain
The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the… — Constantin Stanislavski
For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I… — John Sayles
In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things… — John Sayles
On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of… — Gary Oldman
Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in… — Soong May-ling
I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. — Werner Herzog
Being from the Midwest, I would say that I like that East Coast mentality, it's more direct. What you see is what you get. — Angie Everhart
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. — Elia Kazan
I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something… — Emmitt Smith
I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else. — Vincent Cassel
If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally. — Adam Brody
I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can. — Alexis Bledel
Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how… — Alexis Bledel
I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act. — Billy Boyd
I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate… — Elmer Bernstein

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