Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Jefferson

Were we to be directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

We're cooperating fully, as the president and the vice president directed us.

Patricia Richardson

I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble with me because all of that energy was directed in a positive way.

Mikhail Bakunin

Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn.

Matthew Bourne

I would like to have directed Hollywood musicals in the '40s and '50s.

Who directed the music portion to be separated?

I did nine months in 'Mrs. Klein' in New York, then four months on the road. Then I did a movie directed by Philip Haas, who did 'Angels & Insects'. We shot 'The Blood Oranges' in Mexico for six weeks.

Catherine Hardwicke

The fact that men and women are nominated this year in films that women have directed is good for women filmmakers generally,

Jacques Chirac

The real blackmail is what Chirac has done. I am very disappointed that Chirac has influenced and directed the meeting.

We know he has done a very retail-oriented campaign, going right to individual voters and surgically finding those who will vote and vote for him. His message is directed at reminding voters what he has done for them.

M. Night Shyamalan

The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.

Claire Tomalin

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

W. S. Gilbert

We found historic letters showing that Lord Stanley directed his aid-de-camp to travel to England to purchase the Cup. That was an interesting historical find.

I started in the psychological thriller side of feature filmmaking with 'Spiral,' which was the first one that I wrote and directed and played the lead in.

Jake Kasdan

In the time since I've done 'Bad Teacher,' I've produced an independent movie and directed two pilots. So I love to do all different types of things.

I had done a directing producing job before on 'Big Day' and 'Jake in Progress,' and those are two shows where I directed the pilot and stayed with it in series.

Jackie Cooper

I had directed a little in summer theater, and I liked it, and I started getting interested in directing, in live television.

I fully expect to see more directed at the living room cabinet.

In the intervening 11 years . . . police know now that every single thing that they do directed towards natives is going to be under the microscope and that they have to err on the side of caution, always.

Being directed down that pathway is very helpful.

the manner in which state money was directed is problematic for its secrecy, its lack of accountability and its end run around the legislative process.

A set of universally enforced rules and regulations directed at increasing the safety of cheerleading should be implemented.

Charles Babbage

Propose to any Englishman any principle or instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it.

Lily James

People talk a lot about, 'You're a Disney princess! You're Cinderella!' and this and that. But for me, it's all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That's the 'Cinderella' story for me.

Atal Vajpayee

A meeting ground will have to be found. Our efforts will be directed towards that,

They had been putting the same percentage increase on each quarter, and in an unusually low quarter like last year that didn't' work, ... So we directed them to take down their second-quarter estimates through our guidance.

This is the fourth time I've directed it in 15 years.

this is not directed at any particular region or country.

Patti Smith

As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.

Alex Graves

Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my wings.

Jeff Garlin

Directing is really my favorite thing to do, but if I never directed again, I'd be okay if all the work I did was good.

Doorknob: Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.

Patrick Warburton

Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.