Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. — William Arthur Ward
Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same… — Elizabeth Warren
In 1977, I climbed a fairly difficult mountain for the first time, which was Mount McKinley, in Alaska. I climbed the so-called 'American Direct Route,'… — Tamae Watanabe
But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a… — Vivienne Westwood
Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable… — John Wooden
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the… — Mao Zedong
Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic. — Harsha Bhogle
Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us… — Henry B. Eyring
As with many other folk beliefs, 'feng-shui' undoubtedly incorporates some scientifically correct observation or received wisdom based on direct experience of natural phenomena; but it… — Martin Filler
When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a… — Evgeny Morozov
Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet… — Neal Stephenson
The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with most… — Adam Smith
Merely to resist evil with evil by hating those who hate us and seeking to destroy them, is actually no resistance at all. It is… — Thomas Merton
Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how… — Arthur Schopenhauer
She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart. — Steve Martin
These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger… — Yann Martel
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. — Carl Jung
Mental patterns do not originate out of inorganic nature. They originate out of society, which originates out of inorganic nature. And, as anthropologists know so… — Robert M. Pirsig

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