Direct Quotes

1825 quotes by 1446 authors

The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the most… — Shawn Amos
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for. — Victor Koo
I started my career at General Electric in a small office under a guy named Greg Liemandt, and his direct boss was Jack Welch. I… — Peter Barris
The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on… — Michael Hastings
Your typical business just measures the metrics that have to do with the profitability of the business one way or another. But you can have… — John Mackey
I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day. — Cary Fukunaga
His music was direct from his heart and brain in the purest form possible. — Joshua Logan
Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of… — William James
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the… — Louis Pasteur
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I… — Tom Hopkins
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can… — Daniel Bell
All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact. — Herbert Simon
I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs… — Dave Holland
2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a… — Baldwin Spencer
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. — James Lane Allen
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state. — William Scranton
I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements… — Rick Wagoner
Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do… — Steven Brust
Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions. — Brian McBride
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in… — Gustave Courbet

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