Direct Quotes

1825 Direct quotes by 1446 unique authors

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
I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was… — John Jakes
She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams simply to submit to it; that not gravity's pull, laws… — Thomas Pynchon
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. — Henry David Thoreau
One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do… — James Dean
We who have touched war have a duty to bring the truth about war to those who have not had a direct experience of it.… — Nhat Hanh
I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information....my mother called me to set the… — Sloane Crosley
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure… — Marie Curie
There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual… — George Eliot
Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen. — Leo Tolstoy

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