Direct Quotes

We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.

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 New Jersey.

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

If it is the greatest truth that you seek, the plants can direct you.

When you love what’s deeper, your response is direct. There won’t be a fear in dropping directly into the deeper.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience.

Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will? Seek virtue, and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

I like some time away to recharge the batteries, not only physically, but emotionally so that I get to the point where I'm just dying to direct again and then that's the right time to do it again.

He that in the ordinary affairs of life would admit of nothing but direct plain demonstration would be sure of nothing in this world but of perishing quickly.

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault.

I had a bad experience on Ned Kelly, which I'd written the screenplay for. I thought: "Well Jesus, if these are the type of people directing movies I might as well direct one myself!"

Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have.

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents.

The feeling of a direct responsibility of the individual to God is almost wholly a creation of Protestantism.

I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited.

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.

By providing our school districts with direct access to criminal information records, we can help ensure timely and complete information on prospective school employees.

Novelists get to direct the perfect films. We get to cast every part. We dress the set exactly as we wish.

When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.

Is the game plan you are currently running the most direct path to your destiny?

Direct cinema is about simulating a reality in which you're not having the overwhelming influence that you really are having.

I was perhaps one of the few people that were not part of [Pablo Escobar] group of yes-men because I was not a direct beneficiary of the violence that his actions generated.

I very rarely made any move to direct anything. I didn't have any faith in myself.

When Jim Carrey signed on to star in [The Cable Guy], and then they asked me to produce it, I made a very brief plea to direct - which was rejected really as quickly as anything can be.

Most people in the world of comedy at least are multi-hyphenates, so people who direct are also writers.

Love is the direct opposite of hate. By definition it's something you can't feel for more than a few minutes at a time, so what's all this bullshit about loving somebody for the rest of your life?

I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn.

Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into the proper paths: but nothing happened!

For me, there is safety in playing a woman that is very sexualized and having a woman direct you with that.

I don't like taking a sly picture on the side. I like the direct approach. I want to be as honest to myself and the subject as possible. And I'm depending on their humanness to come through.

I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood.

You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob

I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more attention to lighting.

I do not think anyone should feel pressured into doing it but I am the sucker who will stop on the street and sign up to direct debits.

I think it's healthy to say that the American people now have direct access and that we have sufficient confidence as people in our own ability to judge, to make intelligent decisions.

I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it . It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.

I would love to direct videos and that's what it keeps moving towards, but I have to stop being scared in order to do that.

Even when a film is finished, when I direct a film, sometimes it's a dark profession, but it requires a peculiar form of courage that I admire.

I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment.

Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

I wanna produce, write, and direct my own projects, and eventually fund them. I wanna be a mogul.