Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abbas Kiarostami

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

Adam McKay

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

Adam McKay

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

We start with that, then schools can be moved in either direction. It's worked well for us for years.

A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.

Carly Fiorina

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.

Eric Shinseki

I do engage veterans. I meet with the veterans' service organizations monthly. It's a direct, no-holds-barred discussion. I travel to their conventions, where I speak to the veterans membership. I do travel. I've been to all 50 states. When I do, I engage veterans locally. So I get direct feedback from those veterans.

Cate Blanchett

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

Lee Smith

I have always been interested in religion, especially in forms of ecstatic religion, where people are touched directly by the Spirit and go completely out of themselves.

We direct the implementation of this suggestion expeditiously.

Abraham Maslow

We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.

Ozzie Newsome

When you're riding high on a three-game winning streak, if you don't play well that fourth game, you can get your butt beat. And then things can go in the other direction for a while.

Three-quarters of the people in town were directly tied to citrus or indirectly tied to citrus.

Damon Galgut

Traveling is one of few zones of experience where you are not directly plugged into the world around you. You're not part of the society you're passing through.

Today's market may well face a struggle for direction. Uncertainty over oil prices and the future direction for U.S. interest rates has made it a somewhat choppy week.

When I leave here, I'll have a direction to go.

We need to stay focused and keep going in a positive direction.

We know the direction we're headed in isn't working, and I think you wouldn't all be here if you didn't want more. More profit, more business, more foot-traffic. This Main Street program has worked for more than 1,800 communities.

Honeysuckle Weeks

Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. This will make me sound like a female Kenneth Branagh, but I can't think of anything nicer than directing myself from a script I wrote.

Unlike some cities, our parking officers have to do a lot of other things as well, like direct traffic.

Our hands are on the wheel. Now we just have to steer it in the right direction.

Justin Trudeau

Our child benefit goes directly to the families who need it the most.

Edward Lazear

Over the longer period of time it would move in exactly the wrong direction because it would encourage us to use more oil, not less.

Pakistan is in dire need of energy for its growing economy and Pak-Iran-India gas pipeline program is intact.

George Fernandes

Pakistan is directly responsible for this. They train young people to send them here to spread terrorism. What else can we expect from them.

Our previous director was pretty much under a lot of pressure from the trucking industry, and I think the governor was, to keep the trucks rolling.

Our preference is to reach a resolution with the pilots directly and not involve outside parties.

Marc Crawford

Our focus is playing better and better together. It's a matter of getting our energies directed and focused in one area.

Our goal is a sustainable society and Bio-Beetle is a step in that direction, giving visitors and L.A. residents a renewable energy option when renting a car. As our slogan says, 'Give the planet a vacation the next time you take one.

Our goal is to have a new director to start by July 1.

Our games start at 6 p.m.. Parents get off work and come directly to the games. Whether it's a hot dog or hamburger, this is where they get their dinner.

Overall trade was quiet as most players stayed on the sidelines to wait for direction from investment funds.

Steve Alford

Out of respect for me and my program, I hope all questions are directed at this year's team. For those of you that have that incredible urge to go elsewhere, out of respect for you, I have this comment: My entire focus and energy is helping my team win a Big Ten championship and get ready for the NCAA Tournament. This is my only concern.