Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head. — Elizabeth I
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick… — James F. Cooper
I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals. — Werner Herzog
Along with this rapid growth of forms of communication at our disposal - be it fax, phone, email, Internet or whatever - human solitude will… — Werner Herzog
If you are anticipating the worst while hoping for the best, you will get the worst. The things that happen to you are in direct… — Harold Sherman
There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want. — Tim Ferriss
You have the sky overhead giving one light; then the reflected light from whatever reflects; then the direct light of the sun; so that, in… — Winslow Homer
Watercolour could have been used more by the modernists. It is so direct, and when the white paper convention is accepted, so powerful, even brutal,… — David Milne
One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole… — Erwin Rommel
Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of colour,… — Herbert Read
Small pictures since the Renaissance are like novels; large pictures are like dramas in which one participates in a direct way. — Mark Rothko
This is no time to let down our guard on youth violence. Research demonstrates that appropriate interventions made during or prior to adolescence can direct… — David Satcher
In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the… — Pope Benedict XVI
If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to… — Omar Bongo
But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young children,… — Hugh Mackay
Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression that such an… — Walter J. Phillips
It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and… — Piet Mondrian
The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are. — Robert Genn
An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but… — Charles E. Burchfield

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