Quotes of: Directly Keyword

Hovering above me, directly over the twirling Merkabah, was the cosmic phenomena I hoped for but had not truly expected.

The Merkabah Recruit

For while directly we say that it [the length of human life] is ages long, we are reminded that it is briefer than the fall of a rose leaf to the ground.

Orlando

For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.

A Philosophy of Boredom

The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.

That Old Cape Magic

Success is directly proportional to the degree of realization of the purpose.

Vishwasutras: Universal Principles for Living: Inspired by Real-Life Experiences

Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

Henry Miller

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.

Paul Auster

Now if this electron is displaced from its equilibrium position, a force that is directly proportional to the displacement restores it like a pendulum to its position of rest.

Pieter Zeeman

The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.

Russ Feingold

When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska.

Sarah Palin

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain is the seat of our drives, temperaments and patterns of thought.

Steven Pinker

I believe that being able to communicate directly with readers is a boon. I certainly enjoy it as much as they do.

Sara Sheridan

The older I get, the more I just like plugging directly into my amp. I'm tired of trying to impress myself with weird sounds. It's about the notes more.

Steve Vai

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other.

Thom Gunn

The S.B.A. does not lend directly to businesses, but instead backs loans to encourage banks to invest in small businesses as part of a nearly $90 billion portfolio.

Karen Mills

To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.

Kevin Yoder

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

Lisa Alther

What seems to be clear to me is that after the primary infection most of the cells die indirectly, but at the later stage, when the viral load is very high, the virus kills a lot of cells directly.

Luc Montagnier

Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.

Larry Norman

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.

Margaret Mead