Direct Quotes

Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad.

Don't ask the mind to confirm what is beyond the mind. Direct experience is the only valid confirmation.

It was the straying that found the path direct.

Children understand and remember concepts best when they learn from direct personal experience.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.

I like to direct for the big screen.

I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that.

The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but its quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

No reference is truly direct — every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I've always been a direct guy.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

I always direct the same film. I can't distinguish one from the other.

I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.

Art... can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations.

I say things, but I say them indirectly. At the same time, I try to make my images as direct as possible.

No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

Your success will be in direct proportion to how you spend your ‘free’ time.

Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth.

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

The angels love us. And it's their assignment. They are direct, pure emissaries for God.

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

If anything, the way that you feel is a direct indicator of how far we've come from our symbiotic relationship with nature. In that way, when someone hangs a mirror to every single blemish that's on us, it makes you really reassess what your morals are.

The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

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

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

For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.

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

To be free, to come to terms with our lives, we have to have a direct experience of ourselves as we really are, warts and all.

I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.

Directors never direct me. They just let me loose.

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

And I certainly intend to direct someday.

Absolutely. I can produce. I can write. I can direct.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.

What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.

Instinct is the direct connection with truth.

Everything direct is positive, everything indirect is negative.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.

I'm very direct. It's part of my personality. I've actually grown into that.

The direct consequence is that we have to fight with each other in order to survive.