Direct Quotes

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations. (David Friedman)
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. View quote
John Galsworthy
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. View quote
James Frazer
If you want to direct, you've got to work. View quote
John Goodman
The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish. View quote
Samuel Gompers
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. View quote
Anthony Robbins
By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. View quote
Eknath Easwaran
We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity. View quote
Marie Curie
Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals? View quote
Ogden Nash
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. View quote
Michael Fox
I only direct in self-defense. (Mel Brooks)
Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers. View quote
Mel Brooks
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium and symptoms of schizophrenia. View quote
John Forbes Nash
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience. View quote
Fanny Brice
Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains. View quote
Zbigniew Brzezinski
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. View quote
Dolly Parton
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write War and Peace in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling. View quote
Stanley Kubrick
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. View quote
B. F. Skinner
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating. View quote
Andrea Dworkin
One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image. View quote
Timothy Garton Ash
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits. (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
Five coordinating mechanisms seem to explain the fundamental ways in which organizations coordinate their work: mutual adjustment, direct supervision, standardization of work processes, standardization of work outputs, and standardization of worker skills. View quote
Henry Mintzberg
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. View quote
Robert M. Pirsig
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. View quote
Vince Lombardi
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. View quote
Elia Kazan