Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kelly Clark

On average, 76.4 percent of every dollar raised here goes directly to fund our services here,

Jenny Lewis

I like babies, but not in the front row. I don't want to sing directly to a baby.

Carl Levin

talk directly to the North Koreans. That's what's been missing. ... It has led to real failure in these policies. The nuclear threat is increasing from North Korea as a result.

It will save us time to take it directly to the public for a vote.

Barbara Smith

They will be doing interviews if they go directly into the job market and for summer jobs. And for those going to college, they might have to interview to get into a specific major or for a scholarship.

Dave Heineman

I want to emphasize that I am not opposed to pipelines. We already have hundreds of them in our state. I am opposed to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route because it is directly over the Ogallala Aquifer.

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.

John Leo

Churches should not be directly involved in politics.

He's an idiot. He's selfish. That's why we don't miss him. And we've held it in for far too long. And if you go out there and look long and hard enough, you'll find particulars. But I've got something to say directly to him. And I'm holding back as much as I can because, unlike him, I'll say it man-to-man, face-to-face.

In addition, there has been a lot of donations made online and through the 800 number, but that figure is the money that has come directly through our door.

It has undoubtedly harmed the image not just in Singapore, where I directly feel it has impacted our prospects.

Hunter Tylo

I like to give the fans advice, so what I have been doing is working with the fans directly through e-mail, which is really unheard of.

Philippe Petit

I love or hate things straight away. I like to go directly to action to see the result. I think I must be difficult, but at the same time, it's not for me to say.

I haven't heard directly from anyone. But I have heard from some of their representatives that they're interested.

Gary Ross

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

James Gray

I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.

Michael Arrington

I have Twitter auto-post to my Facebook page, and I occasionally post things directly to Facebook as well. I've always noticed that the direct-to-Facebook approach generates far more likes, but I've never actually gone back and run the averages.

Jennifer Hale

I like it when I can hear directly from the writer: what they're seeing, what they're envisioning, and what their intention is.

Improvements in the quality of sexual life were directly related to weight loss and seemed to reach their maximum at about 12 percent weight loss.

Immigration is directly related to it. We can't sit like ostriches with our heads in the sand any longer.

I'm just kind of dismayed by the effort, so far. We've accomplished some good things, but we're ready to get out and directly help some people.

If the US really wants to see progress, it must be prepared at the highest level of government to do this kind of work directly with the parties. And so far they had not done that.

G-Eazy

In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.

Kevin Barry

Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours.

I am not directly opposed to the fact that they are recruiting high schools, but the means they go about it to get students to sign up for the military,

He spoke directly to people and never batted his eye. You were the only one that he was focusing on.

E. B. White

He raised the gun up and pointed directly in my face. We exchanged some more words and he pointed it back down at the ground and fired another shot.

I feel like any success I have this year is directly from him.

He's not directly implicated. Let the results of the retrial come.

If he is really serious about resolving the problems then he should have directly approached us and not made such a vague appeal.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I feel like my job is to look at the world and to report what I see, to write what I see as honestly and directly as I can. I don't want to cut it or make it easy, but be as direct as I can.

The hope is that pen pal relationships will develop. The goal is to communicate directly with specific middle schools over the next several months.

Alex Turner

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.