Quotes for All
Knowledge about God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from these sources build a reasonable case that God exists. But such a God transmits no love to Earth. Therefore nothing substitutes for gyana, which is direct knowledge of the divine. Instead of having … Read more
This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer’s power bills. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you’re going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly. Bashar al-Assad
When an editor first explained to me the difference between direct and indirect writing, I just thought it was a stylistic choice. Alice Mattison
Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they’re huge oil suppliers.
R. James Woolsey, Jr.