Direction Quotes

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Martin Amis



The eye is lost in all directions among the desolation where the multitude of men and women are hiding, as always and as everywhere. That is what is. Who will say, "That is what must be!" I have searched, I have indistinctly seen, I have doubted. Now, I hope.
Henri Barbusse



The definition of throwing your vote away is to go into that voting booth and vote for one of two parties that will not change the direction this country's going in.
Robert Laurence



Inside the abandoned houses subway trains rushed in both directions and genuine nameless animals ate each other with ghastly fervor
Donald Barthelme



As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
Wendell Berry



Who sees the future? Let us have free scope for all directions of research; away with dogmatism, either atomistic or anti-atomistic!
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann



Will I ever get to where I'm going? If I do, will I know when I'm there? If the wind blew me in the right direction, Would I even care? I would.
Brandon Boyd



At this display the elder and less attractive of the maidens fled, uttering loud and continuous cries of apprehension in order to conceal the direction of her flight.
Ernest Brammah Smith



Superman couldn't keep that pointing in the right direction.
Martin Brundle



In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
Edmund Burke



Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one direction, have great influence on the public mind.
Edmund Burke



Today, when the Gospel is under attack from all directions, I too must ask the question: "What profit do you get from your unbelief?" I never get the impression that people have peace of mind or are happier for all their unbelief. No, my friends.
Wilhelm Busch



Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.
David William Donald Cameron



We live today in a world in which nobody believes choices should have consequences. But may I tell you the great secret that our culture seeks to deny? You cannot escape the consequences of your choices. Time runs in only one direction.
Stephen L. Carter



I hung up. It was a step in the right direction, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hid under the desk.
Raymond Thornton Chandler