Direct Quotes

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

It's a great referral service, but it doesn't deliver on direct selling over the Internet. We are the only site offering end-to-end health insurance shopping.

When Katrina hit, I had only one thing in my mind as a Slow Food leader: finding a direct way to help small farmers, artisans and fisherman get back to work and sustain themselves and their families.

On a practical level, the design creates a new direct link to Governors Island for both tourists and Island workers from both Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. The system is very light, using only three supports, none of which stands in the water, so the shipping channels are left completely open.

I want to note that the guilty must be punished. And just those, those with direct and full responsibility for the tragedy. Not the second-class, little men.

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions...

Do you have any direct proof that Ms. March, Janet March, is dead?

The most drastic, and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.

There was a direct and positive association between cola consumption and the risk of high blood pressure. It was present in sugared cola and diet cola, and it was absolutely a surprise to us.

The air we are breathing is corrupt. It's not the end of the Orange Revolution; it's the direct action of the Orange Revolution. A public cleansing of society is underway.

Mr Lindesay has a unique power to direct public attention on Great Wall protection. But what we do is what we really feel from the heart and what we can fulfil. The results can be immediately seen.

The rule is a direct reason why the exchange index has risen.

Iran has another policy as well: to work with militias, provide training and provide weapons to extremist groups, direct and indirectly.

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.

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.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.