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Direct Contact Quotes

On closeness, disease, and honest connection.

These direct contact quotes mostly come from public health - malaria eliminated in the U.S. so thoroughly that most people never encounter it, and Ebola outbreaks contained through careful isolation strategies.

What works most effectively for quelling disease outbreaks like Ebola is not quarantining huge populations. What works is focusing on and isolating the sick and those in direct contact with them as they are at highest risk of infection. This...

Quotes by Tom Frieden

Thanks to malaria elimination efforts in United States in the 1940s, most people in the U.S. today have never had any direct contact with the disease, and most doctors have never seen a case. That success means it's easy to...

Quotes by Tom Frieden

It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.

Quotes by Robert B. Laughlin

I can't do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them.

Quotes by Michael Tilson Thomas

About Quotes

Laughter is a Trojan horse to enter into direct contact with the unconscious, strike the imagination, and trigger visceral reactions.

Quotes by Maurizio Cattelan

Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.

Quotes by Lyall Watson

Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.

Quotes by Laura Wade

I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.

Quotes by L. Lionel Kendrick

While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the classroom and in my research projects.

Quotes by Jerome Isaac Friedman

Admire Quotes

When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.

Quotes by Jared Leto

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact...

Quotes by Irving Langmuir

We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe.

Quotes by Ibrahim Rugova

Writing with kids is an adventure. It seems like someone always has the flu or pink-eye. I mean, you don't even have to be in direct contact with anyone to get pink-eye. But for parents who write, flexibility becomes essential,...

Quotes by Claire Messud

I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially...

Quotes by Chris Hadfield

Adventure Quotes

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed.

Quotes by Charles Rosen

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Quotes by Alain Prost

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these direct contact quotes mostly about disease?
Mostly, yes - two are about public health specifically, one on malaria elimination in the U.S. and another on containing Ebola outbreaks through targeted isolation of the sick.
What does the malaria quote say about direct contact today?
It says that thanks to elimination efforts in the U.S. in the 1940s, most Americans today have never had direct contact with malaria, and most doctors have never seen an actual case.
How is direct contact described as a strategy against Ebola?
The quote favors a targeted approach over mass quarantine, singling out the sick and those closest to them for isolation rather than confining huge populations at once.
Does any quote use direct contact outside of public health?
Yes, two do - one artist says they can only work on pieces they feel real direct contact with, and another calls laughter a way to reach direct contact with the unconscious.
What other quote pages relate to this theme?
See Admire quotes for more on genuine appreciation, or Amazing quotes for a broader set of reflective lines.

Two other quotes apply the phrase to art and laughter needing real, felt connection. For related reading, see Admire quotes or Amazing quotes.