Top 1200 Act Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt.

We need to act and act now to get people out of harm's way.

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair.

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own

men are not born with a faculty for the universal and ... women are not reduced at birth to the particular. The universal has been, and is continually, at every moment, appropriated by men. It does not happen by magic, it must be done. It is an act, a criminal act, perpetrated by one class against another. It is an act carried out at the level of concepts, philosophy, politics.

We love best those who are, or act for us, a self we do not wish to be or act out.

When I'm watching somebody act, it's a behavior editorial function - I look at someone act, and I might say, 'I don't believe him when he says that.' I don't know why I don't believe him, probably because the people that I've met, they don't act like that when they say stuff like that and mean it.

These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act.

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

I can act with either eye, but you've got to be twice as good as an actor to act with one eye. You need to put all your emotions just through one eye and really punch it out of that eye. I found it quite difficult to do at first, and then I found a technique that allowed me to act with one eye, which I patented.

Dogs act exactly the way we would act if we had no shame.

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

I'm excited about the idea of an act of theatre triggering a parallel creative act of writing.

If I want to act, I'm gonna act. And if I consider myself an actor, that's all that matters to me.

I coach my mentees to act as if they are invincible - to act as if they could accomplish anything!

The single biggest act of bravery or madness anyone can do is the act of change.

Street art, of course, is political, because it's illegal, so the very act of doing it is an act of defiance.

Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.

every choice has its obverse, that is to say a renunciation, and so there is no difference between the act of choosing and the act of renouncing

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.

Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It happens in the center of the personal life and includes all its elements. Faith is the most centered act of the human mind. It is not a movement of a special section or a special function of man's total being. They all are united in the act of faith.

One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL because of the way we ACT. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you WISH you felt.

I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?

To act choicelessly is to act in accord with the situation. If someone throws a rock, you duck.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

Innovative organizations provide the freedom to act which arouses the desire to act.

Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

I really want to act and act in great roles, which have scope of performance.

Pretty much all children are helpful to act with; they lack any guile when they act.

In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.

Act so that the maxim of your act could be made the principle of a universal law.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

If I don't have to act, I'd rather not. I'd rather not act cold. I'd rather actually be cold. That's my weird way of acting. If the door is supposed to be locked, I'd rather have it locked. But of course, most of the time, we have to act, and that's okay, too.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Trust is an act of the mind, while obedience is an act of the hands and feet.

Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

Never bring a cannon on stage in Act I unless you intend to fire it by the last act.

It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.

The Fishable Waters Act shares the same intent of the Clean Water Act by proposing to fulfill goals that have not yet been met to restore and maintain the biological integrity of the nation's waters. The intent of the bill is to enhance the Clean Water Act instead of undercutting it.

There’s a great expression in Twelve Step programs: Act as if. Act as if you’re a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful I mean something authentic and universal. Don’t wait for anybody to tell you it’s okay. Take that shimmer and show us our humanity. That’s your job.

I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act.

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.

Right is not only to act within the law. It's to also act according to the conscience.

Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

I want to live so fully in the Spirit that...every act of my life may be an act of worship.

Action is where it's at, as far as making dreams come true. We ourselves are the prime channel for our creations, so if we don't act but just wait, then we are blocking the channel. If we do act then we will be supported by all that we are connected to... which is All That Is if we act with love and service as our motivation.

In the daytime, you act the way you should act because that is what people pay you for, or want from you.

It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues.

Think before you act and then act decisively. Fortune favors the brave.

There are great and terrible consequences to any act of violence, and they reverberate beyond the act itself.