Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives. — Armistead Maupin
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. — Ed McMahon
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error. — Moliere
When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part… — Alanis Morissette
Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer… — Elon Musk
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along… — Earl Nightingale
Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs. — Bill Nighy
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy. — Richard M. Nixon
Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone… — Susan Orlean
I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be… — Suze Orman
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as… — Rand Paul
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist… — Camille Paglia
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. — Dolly Parton
I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people. — Henry Paulson
Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and… — Sean Penn
It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration. — James Cash Penney
I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction. — Ron Perlman
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. — Plutarch
During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB. — Kevin Pietersen
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. — Robert M. Pirsig

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