Best Direct Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.”

Thinking Trying Years Made Direct Frustrated

Author:Melanie Laurent

“Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.”

Way Different Kids Mother Father Communication Direct Different Ways

Author:Richard Louv

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

Government Today Law Results Media Direct Subsidies

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent.”

People Has Beens Made Government Today Names Results Policy Television Direct Radio Consent Behalf Government Policy Informed Consent

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.”

I Can Passion Acting Huge Direct Pops Intense Exhausting

Author:Jodie Foster

“I don't like to direct myself.”

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Author:Vic Morrow

“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.”

Thinking Knows Years Ideas Self Home Force Sacrifice Air Dad Direct My Dad Crew Self Sacrifice Air Force Indirect

Author:Jeremy Northam

“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.”

Years Mean Country Source Direct Cooking Rounds Boxes Woods Heat Grilling

Author:Jamie Oliver

“In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.”

Source: The Art of War

“Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors a century ago and obtain direct visual experience of phenomena in a dimension higher than our own.”

Firsts Reason Dream Today Interest Achieve Century Higher Majors First Time Direct Logic Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Visuals Dimensions Ancestor Ontology

Author:Thomas Banchoff

“Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relations. This is not the place to examine the strange causes of this strange state of affairs which throws a ray of light on the obscurity of our social future.”

Knows Men Looks States Light Three Social Causes Destiny Economic Strange Hundred Direct Relation Affair Jew Rays Continents Obscurity Successors Rays Of Light

Author:Walther Rathenau

“First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.”

Firsts Has Beens Made Chance Achievement Direct Diners

Author:Barry Levinson

“Absolutely. I can produce. I can write. I can direct.”

Writing I Can Produce Direct

Author:Frank Langella

“History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.”

Needs Humans Mankind Pure Prove Benefits Direct Regard Application Human Needs

Author:Irving Langmuir

“Direct navigation traffic is by far the most highly targeted form of web traffic available.”

Form Direct Available Traffic Navigation

Book:Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

Source: Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

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

People Stills Internet Direct Online Engines Surfer Navigation Bypass Search Engine

Book:Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

Source: Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet

“It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.”

People Sometimes Helping Speak Language Bits Team Direct Contact Mentality

Author:Alain Prost

“I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.”

Has Beens Speak Willing Direct Speaks Out

Author:Bev Perdue

“The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.”

People Body Government House Voice Principles Unique Direct Election Branches Exception Rooted Federal Government

Author:Charles W. Pickering

“My oldest step-son wants to direct or produce. As far as being an actor, I've already told them they have to wait until they're 18; I won't take them to auditions.”

Want Actors Waiting Steps Produce Son Direct Auditions

Author:Elizabeth Perkins

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”

Inspirational Motivational Happiness Grows Change Accepting Acceptance Expectations Direct Positivity Proportion True Happiness Inverse Attaining Happiness Parkinson's Unconditional Acceptance Accepting Life Acceptance And Change

Author:Michael J. Fox

“Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.”

Writing Wells Made Whole Realizing Tree Produce Industry Direct Yeah Hills Facets Tree Hill

Author:Ashley Rickards

“I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.”

People Kind Persons Hands Used Artist Choices Direct Impression Used To Be Mainstream Cds

Author:Chance the Rapper

“It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.”

Knows Writing Film Fun Easy Direct Desks Keyboards Interactive Gregarious Bash Directing Film

Author:Guy Ritchie

“We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe.”

Mean Situation Europe Direct Contact Currency Euro Kosovo

Author:Ibrahim Rugova

“I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.”

Ends Behinds Steps Direct Cameras

Author:Jackson Rathbone

“I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.”

Writing Actors Chance Havens Direct Aspire

Author:Stephen Root

“I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.”

Ifs Thinking Way Protect Paper Direct Do It Yourself

Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino

“The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.”

Persons Spirit Responsibility Direct Performances Composer Conductor Interpreting

Book:On Conducting

Source: On Conducting

“When the digital world is really here, movies can be disseminated from satellite direct to homes and direct to small theaters in Mongolia and northern Russia and obscure places that the market for movies is going to grow and grow and grow.”

World Home Grows Direct Theater Russia Digital Obscure Satellites Digital World Mongolia

Author:Howard Stringer

“When you're an actor or actress in this business, usually the natural progression is to direct, but a lot of times, we don't get a chance to get to it. Myself, I really want to get into it. I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera.”

Want Persons Actors Natural Chance Fronts Direct Cameras Actresses Progression

Author:Jamie Foxx

“A teacher of knowledge and power gives you experiences in other dimensions. They show you that the universe is much bigger and more fascinating than you had ever imagined. They give you direct and immediate experiences in other realities.”

Giving Shows Wisdom Reality Universe Teacher Buddhism Direct Bigger Dimensions Fascinating Knowledge And Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.”

Ifs Persons Made Sometimes Realizing Mistake Buddhism Balance Direct Angry Balanced Frustrated Discouraged Made A Mistake

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view of life.”

Kind Reality Views Awareness Taught Buddhism Perception Direct Perceive Substitutes Perception Reality

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Allow the emptiness inherent within actions and experiences to guide and shape your choices. Let your actions direct you, the actor, not the other way around.”

Way Action Choices Actors Health Buddhism Shapes Direct Guides Emptiness Inherent Athletics

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure

“Allow the inherent emptiness within what you are about to do direct you.”

Health Buddhism Direct Emptiness Inherent Athletics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere. Your ability to win is dependent upon the power of your concentration. Winning is a state of mind.”

Mind States Winning Ability Attention Health Buddhism Direct Dependent Concentration State Of Mind Athletics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.”

Kind Stories Fans Direct Contact All Kinds

Author:Jared Leto

“I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.”

Interesting Behinds Stage Goes On Direct Very Interesting

Author:Sarah Sutton

“I'm currently trying to direct my own material.”

Trying My Own Materials Direct

Author:Tom Skerritt

“Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.”

Book Real Character Alive Reader Direct Connections Dialogue

Author:Laini Taylor

“Of course, I'd like to produce and direct a blockbuster, but you gotta build up to that. So now I'm learning from a bunch of little movies. And it's more fun with smaller pictures. It's more creative.”

Littles Courses Fun Creative Produce Direct Bunch Blockbuster

Author:Lea Thompson

“When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.”

Ideas Film Direct Passionate Cinema

Author:Gaspard Ulliel

“Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.”

Ifs Way Country Huge Direct Paid Oil Indirect Deference Suppliers Direct And Indirect

Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.

“I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking.”

Want Feels Writing Stories Actors Rights Plans Produce Direct Vulnerable Movie Filmmaking Screenplays Baggage

Author:Kerry Washington

“If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.”

Ifs Thinking Has Beens Artist Influence Direct Architecture Mechanic Japanese Architecture

Author:Minoru Yamasaki

“People have got to get used to making low carbon choices. If they have a direct incentive to do so they will think about it. Many times a day you have a choice between a low carbon option and a high carbon option, whether it is at home or at work.”

People Ifs Thinking Home Used Choices Lows Direct Carbon Incentives

Author:Tim Yeo

“We don't live forever. We have a limited energy. You have to determine those things that you direct your energy towards, otherwise you get yourself in too many places and nothing succeeds.”

Inspirational Energy Forever Buddhism Succeed Direct Determine Live Forever

Author:Frederick Lenz

“We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is direct knowledge. That is truth. Anything else is mere words.”

Inspirational Feels Possibility Buddhism Taste Direct Mere

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Meditation is a violent act of separation from mass consciousness and direct access to power.”

Consciousness Meditation Buddhism Mass Direct Access Separation Violent Violent Acts

Author:Frederick Lenz

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