Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Syrians should stop hesitating. If they really want peace, there's no better way than direct talks -- face to face. We hope to have that happen as soon as possible.

The Tigers are looking for an exit and I think the next few weeks will be very, very crucial. Unless we are able to have direct talks with the Tigers soon, war will be inevitable.

Judi Dench

The thing about not reading scripts and my wanting a director to tell me a story is a risk I need to take. I need that real fear.

I've always loved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and I watched the Petty documentary 'Running Down A Dream'. I was directly influenced, it made me want to go write.

Joe Cornish

I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.

Steve Buscemi

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

Susanne Bier

I've always been slightly hesitant about generalizing movies made by men and women being different in their nature; I think movies by each director are different. Having said that, I think that it's kind of disgraceful that there aren't more female directors.

Brent Spiner

I wanted to direct very early on, and then we started having directors who were caterers, drivers, and grips, so I thought better of it.

I wanted to direct this play because the first time I read it, I couldn't put it down.

Dr. Dre

I wanted to be sure that my donation went directly into the hands of hurricane victims,

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Some world powers are used to subjugating other nations to their own will, but they should realize that the era of domination has passed, and the time has come for the peoples of the world to direct their own destinies.

Bill Nelson

Sometimes we get lost in seeing the entire forest for the particular trees, but I think we need to pull back and see that this threat of radical terrorists is now being directed not only at us in the homeland, but it is being directed at a source of energy upon which the western industrialized world has become dependent.

Stanley Tucci

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

It would be very easy to direct a show with four or five students. But that's not what we're trying to do here.

Edward Lazear

It would be a significant problem and it would move in exactly the wrong direction.

It was ugly. But a win is a win, and hopefully that gets us going in the right direction.

These sides may come in 100 or 200 feet. It's gonna follow a different pattern, different direction, it's not just going to go down the middle like it does now.

Mitt Romney

These scores are a direct result of how hard our students work to prepare for their futures, and prove once more why Massachusetts is nationally recognized for its leadership on education reform.

These directors must be removed as promptly as possible and replaced with truly independent directors who will represent Sovereign and its shareholders' interests first and foremost.

Paul Tagliabue

The situation is about as dire as dire can be.

As of Jan. 4, I have been in direct competition.

That's where the expertise of our music director comes into play. He knows so many composers' works and the instrumentation they require.

That's why I'm directing this show to the men in the audience. They're the ones who need the instruction,

That tape is going directly to the committee,

That's incredible, if you think of five people who have all gone off in different directions in their lives and come back together again.

This was finally a step in the right direction as far as the aggressiveness. Our offense has been doing this all year -- giving us some room.

David Harris

This way we also get to know the kids a lot faster and they get to know us. It's a big safety thing, if we see someone without a badge, we can direct them to the welcome center.

Those that were directly exposed to the disasters had a threat to their lives, and faced extreme losses, which led to an extremely disruptive environment as a result.

This was a terrific quarter in which all key performance metrics moved in the right direction, ... We were able to translate our strong sales growth into earnings per share that were higher than we originally anticipated.

What people see here, however, are all history and truth. No director and actor, no matter how talented they might be, can make such tangible products. And this is only a glimpse of history.

What Nine Mile Falls was doing, we believe, violates the students' constitutional rights because directly sniffing students' possessions without any reason to suspect an individual has done anything wrong is not allowed.

We gave a dire effort to get back into the game. My guys played with a lot of resilience but it was too little too late.

We had a huge January and February. Where we're seeing progress is new money through small donors in the direct mail program.