Direct Quotes

1825 Direct quotes by 1446 unique authors

I'm not in a race with anybody to make the biggest hit movie anymore. I am just trying to tell stories that I can stay… — Steven Spielberg
In my view, the plangent artificiality of a lot of creative work results from the fact that the people who write novels, direct films and… — Will Self
Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to happiness. Instant and… — James E. Faust
All revealed truths derive from the same divine source and are to be believed with the same faith, yet some of them are more important… — Pope Francis
Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man. — David O. McKay
Simply put, the direct power over the money supply is the indirect power over the people. — Orrin Woodward
You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the… — Michel Gondry
The love we most cherish will, of necessity, bring us pain. Because that love is like the setting of a body with broken bones. But… — Rebecca Wells
In our quest to quickly make three-dimensional objects, we can miss out on the experience of making something that helps give us our first understandings… — Jonathan Ive
I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really… — Dana Fox
What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film… — Grant Heslov
My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item… — Tino Sehgal
I was the chief sponsor of the Business Employment Incentive Program bill, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs here in… — Joe Kyrillos
We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them… — Paul Keating
Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you… — Jeanette Winterson
The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I cannot,… — Martyn
I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct. — Martin Parr
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee… — William J. Brennan
The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that is,… — B.F. Skinner
The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and… — Maynard Webb
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian… — Toshihiko Fukui
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. — Ted Kotcheff
The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much… — Jose Padilha

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