Indirect Quotes

106 quotes by 90 authors

The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is an… — Milton Friedman
The teacherâ€™s first duty is to watch over the environment, and this takes precedence over all the rest. Itâ€™s influence is indirect, but unless it… — Maria Montessori
Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or… — Theda Skocpol
...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances. — Rene Dubos
I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work… — Chris Wedge
I feel there's a power in theatre, but it's an indirect power. It's like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things… — Tony Kushner
No doubt exists that rent seeking in general leads to serious inefficiencies in this direct sense, but its indirect damage is even worse. Drawing the… — Gordon Tullock
Far from being a material world, this is a psychic world, which allows us to make only indirect and hypothetical inferences about the real nature… — Carl Jung
My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I… — Jeremy Northam
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. Indirect tactics,… — Sun Tzu
Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers. — R. James Woolsey, Jr.
When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform… — Hugo Black
It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a… — Francis Crick
Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World… — Manny Farber
Simply put, the direct power over the money supply is the indirect power over the people. — Orrin Woodward
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
There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because… — Charles J. Shields
This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforces the conclusion that… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect… — B. H. Liddell Hart
For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider. — B. H. Liddell Hart

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