Top 1200 Action And Reaction Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Correct meditation means correctly understanding your situation moment by moment - what are you doing now? Only do it! Then, each action is complete; each action is enough. Then no thinking, so each moment I can perceive everything just like this.

Clarice has a curious chemical reaction to boredom and the result can be similar to dynamite in the hands of a lunatic.

The sensible part of me wanted to dissect my emotions, overthinking and overcomplicating my reaction to Jev.

The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

It's cool seeing stuff, like, that come together really quickly and the reaction that it gets.

Every action is an idea before it is an action, and perhaps a feeling before it is an idea, and every idea rests upon other ideas that have preceded it in time.

I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored.

There's always a knee-jerk reaction in our business to analyze and determine why something didn't work.

The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that.

The court decided, based on its reading of our precedents, that the effects test of Lemon is violated whenever government action creates an identification of the state with a religion, or with religion in general, ...or when the effect of the governmental action is to endorse one religion over another, or to endorse religion in general.

If something evokes a strong emotional reaction in me, I need to push myself in that direction.

I've been cheered by the reaction to what I've done with Film Independent at LACMA and the organizational support I've received in pursuing it.

Reactions [on my 1979 Massey lectures] were from Anglophones. I'm one. But I'm terrible at French. In fact, there was practically no reaction.

Playing third base, you rarely have time to get into a great fielding position. It's all about reaction.

Do not jump into reaction mode at the first appearance of negative energy. Just breathe, and relax.

With something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was Oh, my God, science has really done wrong.

Every time you engage in a political debate, there is a guaranteed headache from the comment section, from the reaction from everything.

Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears or addresses the vast majority of people.

I think that any time you share a secret, you're a little nervous about people's reaction to it.

Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, it's based on some theory that leads them to believe that action will lead to the right result. The problem is, most managers aren't aware of the theories they're using, and they often use the wrong theories for the situation.

My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.

I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.

The falsetto stuff, it must be a reaction to the black gospel singers that I really enjoy listening to.

The feelings and reaction of the fans goes with the territory and if you're not prepared for that then one should not get involved.

People who troll you want a reaction, and there's no point in doing that. I just try to focus on my football.

Dreaming is a form of action. Idleness is a form of action. The idle man stares at the sky and sees what constitutes our eternal ceiling. The sky is one of the things that constructs us, one of our constants. But it is not what people believe. I should like to close this circle by turning over in my bed and scrutinizing the stars.

Your body’s reaction to fear is the same whether you are faced with a physical threat or an emotional one.

Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

I usually play the sort of hard-boiled guy who is forcing situations - I'm not usually playing the person in reaction.

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.

I'm not saying that a child who was abused or beaten or abandoned made that happen, but your reaction to it is always yours.

My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.

I was annoyed and I was crying [her honest reaction to losing a tennis match at the US Open]

Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.

Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and-such an action; but as soon as he does it, this action, committed at a certain moment in time, becomes irreversible, and makes itself the property of history, in which is has not a free but a predestined significance.

Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe emancipation of mind as an individual organ to do its own work. We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos.

Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections.

Let me state this as clearly as I can: We are going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. We will not be deterred from this course, and in a matter of days, we will be taking brand new action to protect out people and keep America safe. You will see the action.

I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.

In a live show, the reaction to our jokes is instant. You know immediately whether the joke is working or not.

In regards to the reaction to Life Is Killing Me, I would say that I'm never happy about anything.

I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind of a kick.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

Why are all the artists so dead-set on distorting? It seems to be a reaction against photography, but I'm not sure.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

I've done theater most of my career, and I get to see the reaction of the audience right after the show.

Water is at the center of every chemical reaction, and therefore should be the earths most precious gift.

Too often we worry about how the others react-but it's YOUR reaction that they monitor.

I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

Understand that all emotions serve you. Those you once thought of as negative emotions are merely calls to action. For example, if you feel frustrated it means that you believe things could be better, and they're not. This is a call to action telling you there's something you must do to make this better now. This "negative" emotion is actually a gift if you use it effectively.

My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic principles. Every word, every action, every moment counts. (This is the pattern on which everybody makes mistakes [or] becomes irrational — not relating their one action or one conviction to another.

I like to say whatever comes to mind when I am in the ring and work off the reaction from the crowd.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

My fear is if I expose myself, not so much that I'll be hurt, but that the reaction will be "Is that all there is? Is that the entirety of you? Because it's boring."

You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'

The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check and run.

The thought "It's impossible" sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you're right.

A catalyst is a substance which alters the velocity of a chemical reaction without appearing in the final products.