Direct Quotes

1825 Direct quotes by 1446 unique authors

In order to go beyond ideas to direct realization, it's essential to have a great deal of purity. — Frederick Lenz
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh,… — Dorothy Parker
In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions, and we don't… — Frederick Lenz
There's a direct correlation between positive energy and positive results. — Joe Rogan
Change is a direct element of hip-hop. That's the whole thing with style. — El-P
There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most… — Ricky Gervais
If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience. — Gaspard Ulliel
Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that a great song, our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a… — Quincy Jones
I think that social media is a really good way to stay in touch with the people who are following you, and I think it's… — Tove Styrke
I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the level… — Karl Ove Knausgard
I hope to direct a few more films before I leave the planet, so I hope I can find the material. — Ed Harris
I learned how to direct by being in the trenches of movies. Getting to be a student from the inside looking out, and if you're… — Lake Bell
If [domain seizure] isn't direct censorship, I don't know what is. — Dan Gillmor
I think the kicks in Wing Chun are enough. It´s much easier to use your hands than to use your feet. Your hand is able… — Wong Shun Leung
I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies. — Walter Hill
I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work. — Walter Hill
Schiaparelli’s collaborations with Dali and Cocteau as well as Prada’s Fondazione Prada push art and fashion ever closer, in a direct, synergistic, and culturally redefining… — Thomas P. Campbell
If every auditorium were razed to the ground, theatre would still survive, because the hunger in each of us to act and be acted to,… — Declan Donnellan
For we direct, perform and witness performances every night – theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt. — Declan Donnellan
It is not difficult to be a revolutionary when revolution has already broken out and is in spate, when all people are joining the revolution… — Vladimir Lenin
Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang!… — Anthony Caro
Man does indeed know intuitively more than he rationally understands. The question, however , is how we can gain access to the potentials of the… — Ira Progoff
Commitments present themselves in delineations of black and white. You either honor your commitments or you don't. Success is the result of making and keeping… — Gary Ryan
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action. — Caroline Lucas
What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke

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