Top 1200 Act Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Let no act be done without purpose.

Dr. Adler had instructed me to always say whatever I was thinking, but this was difficult for me, for the act of thinking and the act of articulating those thoughts were not synchronous to me, or even necessarily consecutive. I knew that I thought and spoke in the same language and that theoretically there should be no reason why I could not express my thoughts as they occurred or soon thereafter, but the language in which I thought and the language in which I spoke, though both English, often seemed divided by a gap that could not be simultaneously, or even retrospectively, bridged.

I write, but I also act.

Speak less but act more.

Blind hope. Blind hope is all we have. There's a Greek tragedy called Prometheus Bound; Prometheus is the [titan] that gave humans fire. He's chained to a rock and bemoaning his fate and saying, "I gave you everything. By giving you fire, I gave you blind hope. By giving you a little light that kept you warm at night, I let you believe that this was all going to be okay." For me, that's what art has been. Music and books, it's an act of hope to make them, and it's an act of hope to listen to them. That hope will be dashed, you will say goodbye.

I can't really act entitled.

I always wanted to act in movies.

Trade is a social act.

I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.

The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Compromise is an imperfect act.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

If they don't think, people act senselessly.

Commitment is never an act of moderation!

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

Defense is the first act of war.

I hope my allergies don't act up

To assess the damage is a dangerous act.

You are a God Act like one!

The JOBS Act is the 'topic of the moment.'

The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.

There is no small act of kindness.

Love is an act of courage.

Thought is the soul of act.

I always wanted to act.

I'm comfortable in front of the camera, but I can't act.

If you treat people like adults they will act like adults, but if you treat them like children they will act like children.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.

Training is principally an act of faith.

Right and responsibility go hand in hand. You can't give rights to those who are not responsible. If you want to let your canary out of the cage, the first thing you would do is to kick your cat out of the house. This does not mean you don't love your cat, but he has no right to stay in the house because he can't act responsibly. It would be foolish to wait until he kills the canary and then punish him. You already know the cat can't be trusted. The problem with Muslims is that they too can't be trusted and can't act responsibly.

The key to terror, the key to terrorism, is not the act - but the fear of the act. That is why bin Laden and his deputies and his imitators are forever putting together videotaped statements and releasing virtual infomercials with dire threats and heart-stopping warnings. But why is the Republican Party imitating them? Bin Laden puts out what amounts to a commercial of fear; The Republicans put out what is unmistakable as a commercial of fear. The Republicans are paying to have the messages of bin Laden and the others broadcast into your home.

Your hair is an act of God.

I would not let my children act when they are young!

An act of evil is the death of wonder

Have faith in your imaginel act.

Speak, move, act in peace.

Motherhood is always an act of courage.

We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.

Think for tomorrow but act for today.

Yeah, I went to ACT for a while. It was great.

The balancing act is challenging at times.

I've got a tough act to follow.

My act is based on my life.

It's not an act, it's just my way.

Act confident, even when you're not.

The last act crowns the play.

We're all gonna die, let's act accordingly.

Act your part with honor.

I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it. In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire). When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.

I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.

I act every day of my life.

To act is easy; to think is hard.

These days, you have to have a gimmick to do the weather. You have to have an act.

I will always continue to act!

I only act from my heart.

Act without expectation.

It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

A canvas is an arena in which to act.