#indirect

Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens. ↗

— J. M. Roberts

#athenians #bear #burdens #collectively #even

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. ↗

— Jane Austen

#boast #carelessness #deceitful #humility #indirect

Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than they otherwise would. That extra spending increases demand and ensures that we all carry on with work to do, without us having to slash our prices or our wrists. ↗

— Evan Davis

#cuts #demand #directly #economy #effect

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#any #effect #even #gain #gradually

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#case #comes #culture #imitation #immediately

But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect communication. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#against #communication #conspicuously #formal #handing

It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code. ↗

— Francis Crick

#code #direct #earlier #evidence #genetic

I do get my pizzas paid for by Linux indirectly. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#i #i do #indirectly #linux #paid

At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues. ↗

— Gabriela Mistral

#direct #fortune #i #i am #indirect