Famous Quotes & Sayings

Annette Bening

He seemed to know so much more than it would be appropriate for a first-time (film) director to know. I still don't understand how he knows what he knows.

History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles.

If anything, they've gone in the other direction, making zoning more restrictive. It's been frustrating.

If between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., it gets two or less hours of direct sunlight, then you can really only work with shade plants. Two to four hours of direct sunlight, then you can work with mixed plants. If it's greater than four hours in that area, then you can work with a full sun plant.

I don't sense any real tension in terms of direction. They are all pretty much aligned.

I explored some other options around the league but felt most comfortable with the direction this team is headed in.

I enjoy directing something I've never seen. If I see it, it tends to influence my directing, and I end up second-guessing myself.

Salli Richardson

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I don't think it's a small move in this direction; I think it's a huge move.

Al Davis

I don't think Sean Payton turned down the job because Sean Payton was never offered the job. Sean Payton has a lot of good credentials, but I don't know if that's the direction we're going.

From there, we will go directly to the United States Supreme Court.

Jill Soloway

For me to be able to punch above my weight creatively, to actually take a stand for what I was doing, I had to take on everything. I had to be the person who says, 'I wrote it. I directed it.'

Allison Anders

For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful.

Fortunately, the fire seems to be holding on the south end. We haven't had any major, significant acreage growth today. On the north end, we were able to get hand crews in there and do some direct attack.

For us as a program, we have to learn to win. I think we took a step in that direction tonight.

Giving is very directly tied to the economy. People's willingness to give as much as they possibly can is tied to whether they feel secure about their jobs and the fact that they are going to have to pay more in gas prices.

Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

God directed me to do for gospel music what I'd been doing for the secular music. I had no peace with the secular side; there was something else tugging at me.

If we see you doing it, you're going directly to jail.

Hopefully we'll be able to get him released directly into a (drug) treatment program.

There are several parents who feel that it is time their students become part of the mainstream and go directly to Gene Witt Elementary. And there are a few that still feel they should remain in a small environment.

There is a new president every two years and the president has a lot to do with the direction of the organization.

There aren't a lot of direct synergies here. But there are a lot of indirect synergies.

Gregory Smith

I actually raised my estimate this morning from 23 to 27 cents, and then they pre-announced. I had the direction right, just not the magnitude.

I always feel lost when he's not there. I need someone to direct me and push me and then hold me back when I'm doing too much. It's nice to be back and have a mentor there to help me out.

Dennis Hastert

He wants to spend more on education and other issues. We think we need to spend more on education. But those dollars need to go directly to those school districts and not bureaucracies, ... Late Edition.

Q'orianka Kilcher

I was sad but you know it's the first step in the right direction.

Julie Ann Emery

I would prefer to direct without also starring in the same project.

I would have liked to see it at least in a planning stage and what direction we were going.

I would hate to be the first executive director to play games on a Sunday.

I guess in Jacksonville, residents are responding quite differently than South Florida residents because they have not been through a direct hit.

Jackie Cooper

I got schooled over at NBC on a soap opera, and I had a Sunday-afternoon show, an hour show sponsored by the Ford Foundation, a documentary, half live with film integration. I directed that.

If they can get you to go directly to their Web site that's pretty strong marketing. And, it's inexpensive for them.