Indirect Quotes

106 quotes by 90 authors

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news. — George Orwell
The paraphrase of GÃ¶del's Theorem says that for any record player, there are records which it cannot play because they will cause its indirect self-destruction. — Douglas Hofstadter
To allow only the kind of art that the average man understands is the worst small-mindedness and the murder of mind and spirit. It is… — Thomas Mann
By giving too much importance to fine actions one may end by paying an indirect but powerful tribute to evil, because in so doing one… — Albert Camus
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle,… — Sun Tzu
People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it,… — Jonathan Haidt
The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me. — J I Packer
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they may be… — James Rothman
There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too. — Clayton Christensen
WhatsApp will bring Facebook another billion users. We will be a billion-user product. Whether there is a direct valuation or an indirect valuation, there is… — Brian Acton
Alfred Nobel believed that social changes are brought about slowly, and sometimes by indirect means. — Bertha von Suttner
There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too. So many young people I speak to nowadays think… — Clayton Christensen
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the… — Louis Pasteur
But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect… — Tony Conrad
At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for… — Gabriela Mistral
All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it, an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through… — Peter Conrad
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the… — Louis Pasteur
Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me. Lord Byron Love gives eyes to see what the eye without love can't see… — Sorin Cerin
How you treats others is indirect way of saying how you feel about yourself. — Blaze Olamiday
The intentions of people are easy to reveal by simply knowing when their statements are indirect. — Luke Garner

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