Indirect Quotes

106 quotes by 90 authors

For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's main… — B. H. Liddell Hart
A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by… — B. H. Liddell Hart
In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance… — B. H. Liddell Hart
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
Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds… — William E. Gladstone
Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more… — Francis Ford Coppola
Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I… — Kirsten Dunst
The chief benefit, which results from philosophy, arises in an indirect manner, and proceeds more from its secret, insensible influence, than from its immediate application. — David Hume
Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare. — Helmut Jahn
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect… — Adrienne Rich
I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers'… — Salman Rushdie
A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your… — Jonathan Swift
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials,… — Simone Weil
The fossil record implies trial and error, the inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with a Great Designer (though not a Designer of a… — Carl Sagan
Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side… — John O'Donohue
Physiologists should think before putting down the instinct of self-preservation as the cardinal instinct of an organic being. A living thing seeks above all to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A man wants his virility regarded. A woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. [Here] one is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower. — Vera Nazarian

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