Direct Quotes

If I were God wanting to make a human being, I would do it by a more direct way rather than by evolution. Why deliberately set it up in the one way which makes it look as though you don't exist?

I became a real Shell Motor Oil expert, and I did this 25-minute film. It turned out really well and, as a result, they offered me more work and lots of commercials to direct.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

I love to direct my daughter, and act with her, and we both want to work with Jane again.

My plate is full with just acting. I want to focus on that, and then maybe direct in the future.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

When I found yoga, I realized that I can direct my own mind through my yoga practice and meditation. I can actually create my own mood. That was a huge awakening for me.

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

I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct.

The TV camera has no shutter. It does not deal with aspects or facets of objects in high resolution. It is a means of direct pick-up by the electrical groping over surfaces.

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

If you would have the message of the gods to direct your life, look for that which repeats ... It comes again and again until you have made it part of your soul and your enduring spirit.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.

Many people bypass search engines altogether and still find what they're looking for online. These Internet surfers are using direct navigation.

The most direct and enduring way to reach the mind and imagination of the learner is through the mind, imagination and character of the outstanding teacher.

I don't think I'd ever want to direct. I don't think I have as much discipline to direct as I would like to have, and I don't want my hair color to not go grey during that process.

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.

One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word.

Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state.

I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.

If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

Directors never direct me. They just let me loose.

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.

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.

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

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.

And I certainly intend to direct someday.

I never know tomorrow what I might be doing. I just ask God to lead me and show me and direct me and help me and support me in it. So I just wait to hear the call.

All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.

Direct threats require decisive action.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

If [domain seizure] isn't direct censorship, I don't know what is.

It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current.