Direct Quotes

1825 Direct quotes by 1446 unique authors

That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture. — Augustus Toplady
I believe inter -racial marriages show the world that the color of a person's skin is of no consequence. The more such marriages there are,… — Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
There is a direct parallel in the way that we speak, with natural variations of pitch and volume that give full meaning to our words.… — Howard Snell
I'm addicted to the Internet. I admit it. It has transformed the way I work as a senator, communicate with my children, and keep tabs… — Patrick Leahy
Biography, especially of the great and good, who have risen by their own exertions to eminence and usefulness, is an inspiring and ennobling study. Its… — Horace Mann
If science is an unfinished project, the next stage will be about reconnecting and integrating the rigor of scientific method with the richness of direct… — Betty Sue Flowers
Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid. — Henry Watson Fowler
Yoga is not a means to get SOMEWHERE as if you were not SOMEWHERE already. It is your direct and intimate participation with Life. — Mark Whitwell
Yoga is your direct intimacy with the nurturing power of Life. It is the practical means adapted to personal needs, age, health and all cultures. — Mark Whitwell
All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God. — C. J. Mahaney
This is the copywriters task: not to create mass desire — but to channel and direct it. — Eugene Schwartz
I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a letter to you and you read the letter, there are… — Kevin J. Anderson
The leading and characteristic features of the morbid state to which I would direct your attention are, anaemia, general languor and debility, remarkable feebleness of… — Thomas Addison
If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define… — Mark Foley
My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny. — Jeff Probst
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. — Gustave Courbet
For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear.… — Sandy Berger
You can direct the outcome of any situation you face through the power of thought. Keep your thoughts focused on the best possible outcome for… — Iyanla Vanzant
The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy… — Gore Vidal
Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot exist together. They… — Richard Thompson
Laws which legitimize the direct killing of innocent human beings through abortion or euthanasia are in complete opposition to the inviolable right to life proper… — Pope John Paul II
History is largely a record of human struggle to wrest the land from nature, because man relies for sustenance on the products of the soil.… — Hugh Hammond Bennett
No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. — Walter Lippmann
Of course it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither. I am alarmed when… — Henry David Thoreau
Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your… — Al Jarreau

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