Famous Quotes & Sayings

After meeting with him, there was no question in my mind. I thought that was the direction I wanted to go. That was sometime right before Christmas, and then it was just a matter of working out some details.

John Milton

Storied of old in high immortal verse / Of dire chimeras and enchanted isles, / And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell.

Mitchell Hurwitz

Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct jokes, and make them seem realistic.

Some things are beneficial. Some pose a dire threat. We won't likely have any good options for those.

Somebody was going to do it. Mitsubishi is in dire straits. This is as good an idea as any.

Steve Jobs

So we think these products are wrong, ... We think that video may be the wrong direction to go.

Tilda Swinton

So we had this moment with the fly, and we all thought: 'Well, you can't hope to direct a fly. If it walks around a bit, that will be enough.'

Marc Morial

So the money is critical, but the direction of the money, the proper spending of the money is also something that the mayor has a great role to play.

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.

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Sometimes people jot down pseudo-code on paper. If that pseudo-code runs directly on their computers, it's best, isn't it? Ruby tries to be like that, like pseudo-code that runs. Python people say that too.

Sathya Baba

Seek out your faults and others' merits. Seeking others' faults is dire sin.

Annalee Newitz

RSS, as a format and an idea, grew directly out of an internet culture that many people online today know nothing about: Usenet.

Igor Ivanov

Russian efforts and the direct efforts of ...(Russian special envoy) Viktor Chernomyrdin have not found the understanding and proper support of NATO leadership,

Richard Jefferson

Right now, the team is struggling, I've struggled. And I think it's a direct correlation.

Prague went with 1,000 feet because we heard that is the direction the state is leaning with their legislation.

Bud Selig

Perhaps, most damaging, it encourages our young fans to use these horrible substances, ... While I would prefer to resolve this problem directly with the players' association and jointly implement a much stronger drug-testing policy in major league baseball, one modeled after our program in the minor leagues, I understand the need for swift and resolute action.

San Sebastian is a very friendly festival, ... a place where the distance between directors and the public disappears.

About half of the economic losses would be attributable directly to the flooding.

Chris Kilham

It's been said that mistletoe extract enhances immune function, which increases the production of the immune cells. When administered as a form of therapy for cancer, the extracts are given by injection under the skin, into a vein or directly into a tumor.

Joey Gathright

It seems like everyone's positive and everyone's going in the right direction for the first time.

Shane Doan

It's encouraging that we're going in the right direction, but the goal is to make the playoffs. We're getting close.

Christopher Galvin

It's far from over, but I think they're working in the right direction. The fundamental issues haven't really been discussed or resolved.

It's a step in the right direction to perhaps halt some of the excess volatility in electronically traded stocks.

It's a step in the right direction. Personally, (the offense) is not where it needs to be, but we're getting better. I'd give us a B, maybe a B-minus, but it's better than an F. We're passing now.