Quotes About Direction

When I was starting out, I followed along the path that seemed to be marked out for me - from high school to college to law school to professional life.

Starting off, all options are always open, but as soon as you choose something, you inevitably limit yourself. If you go for B, A is out.

When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go.

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

I feel like no one starts entertainment with an impure intention, but somewhere along the way, lines become blurred and you're no longer sure which way is up and which way is down.

Keeping people fired up starts with having a really clear vision for what the company is aiming to do.

It starts with me. I have to get the team in the right play and throw the ball where it's supposed to go.

An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

Every actor has to move in a Terrence Malick film - that's the requirement. If you stop, he'll tell you, 'No, no, keep moving.' You can't be static. It's a choreography.

This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists.

Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.

Such a big part of this business is rejection. Each time that you get rejected, a big part of it is just staying positive - even if you don't get the role, it's still giving you practice. I love being able to take direction and talk with the casting directors in the room.

I didn't play any extreme sports growing up. I never surfed, and I grew up in Santa Cruz. I was very good at doing what I was told, taking direction, and staying middle of the road. I mean, they called me 'grandma' in college.

There are ways of staying under the radar here, and they're effective to a degree. But if you're an ambitious person and you're confident your career is moving in the direction you want it to, you know the attention is only going to become greater and greater.

If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.

Government should steer, not row.

A big company is like trying to steer a luxury liner.

My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that.

I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.