Direct Quotes

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct ratio to the swiftness of our passage.

Bringing a direct connection between ENTER. and MINUS, Maceo Plex delivers his CONJURE TWO EP that represents both the stripped down sound of MINUS and the atmosphere of ENTER.Ibiza!

If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.

Continued focus on (employee) turnover is of critical importance, because of the direct relation of turnover to improvements in labor costs and guest satisfaction.

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.

The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship

On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.

The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.

Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment.

Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited.

When I look back I can't believe I was so stupid as to direct Dealer's Choice.

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

I don't want to be a director. I want to direct. There's a difference.

A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.

While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the classroom and in my research projects.

I always work directly from life, partly because I really enjoy having an interaction with the person in front of me but also because I love having a direct response to shape and color.

I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today.

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.

I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.

There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them to direct themselves.

I've always wanted to direct and as I grow and I get older and I get older I just want to let that evolve.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

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.

I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.

People don't truly respond to something until they see the direct consequences.

Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.

What I've always liked about photography is that it's such a direct way of showing what's on my mind. I see something. I show it to you.

I always choose strong, direct backlighting that creates patterns of intricate abstract shadows. These shadows become strong design elements that lie across and touch other objects in the set up.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.

I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.

FAITH is the element, the “chemical” which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with Infinite Intelligence.

To be direct and honest is not safe.

I paint to evoke a changing language of symbols, a language with which to remark upon the qualities of our mysterious capacities which direct us towards the ultimate reality.