Top 1200 Action And Reaction Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction.

Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality of others, it must seek to correct it, and can do this either by teaching or engaging in public affairs itself, correcting through its practice. And the purpose of action is to enable philosophy to continue, for if men are reduced to the material alone, they become no more than beasts.

I think Clint Eastwood is a well oiled machine. Everyone that works with him has the same reaction, "Can I stay with you?"

No effect occurs without cause, and no cause occurs without effect. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.

Sacred play is anything that takes you into that right hemisphere of your brain. It turns out that this move away from left to the right hemisphere, that sense of expansiveness and everything, can be accomplished through unusual rhythmic action, or any action that requires so much attention away from words that you cannot think in words.

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references.

The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The Hobbit.' We are so used to 24 fps and the romance of celluloid... but at 48 fps, you cannot deny the existence of these CG creations in the same time frame and space and environment as the live action.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it.

Jumping for joy' is a very basic human reaction, and a child skipping down the street is simply an untrained dancer.

You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

When I'm looking for DJ sets and stuff to drop, I look for music that I feel is gonna get the reaction I want from the crowd.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

The thing that I realized in my journey as a whistleblower... is that the reaction that I got from a lot of law enforcement and regulatory agencies was confusion and bafflement.

You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says that the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear, or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?

US wars are going to be against much weaker enemies. And they have to be won quickly and decisively before a popular reaction develops.

Typical reaction to scrutiny: attack and mock messenger and message, minimize the problem, hope attention dies down.

I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.

I'd love to do a Paul Greengrass movie, or something like that, that's a character-driven action film. I'd like someone to make me go to the gym every day, and all that stuff. I don't know. Wherever the good characters are, I tend to try to get a job. It was nice because this was dipping my toe in the action genre. Maybe I might put my foot in, next time.

God does work through both pure and impure vessels but that does not mean that one should keep nature impure for ever. When the vessel will become pure the urge for action coming from within will be a flawless, definitive action. As long as that does not happen one has to minimize one's activities.

If people tell you what you really don't want to hear what's unpleasant-there's an almost automatic reaction of antipathy. You have to train yourself out of it.

The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it.

Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.

'The Voice Kids' was a tremendous success in Holland. There was a big emotional reaction from the parents of the children taking part.

One of the interesting things about having an international fanbase is that every single country has a different reaction to you and to the movie.

The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The Hobbit.' We are so used to 24 fps and the romance of celluloid but at 48 fps, you cannot deny the existence of these CG creations in the same time frame and space and environment as the live action.

As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works.

My father . . . used to say, 'I need my anger. It obliges me to take action.' I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

Take the time to line up the Energy first, and action becomes inconsequential. If you don't take the time to line up the Energy, if you don't find the feeling place of what you're looking for, not enough action in the world will make any difference.

Hollywood is a very male business, and it has in vast portions of it - the whole action movie part of it might as well be the United States Army in 1943 in that the ethics of it are, you know, boot camp and action movies and guns and explosions and all the rest of it, and that - so that means that about 50% of the business is not only pretty much closed off to women, but women don't even wanna be in it!

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

Anyone who appears to be triggered out of watchfulness and into action by your appearance must be explained. Anyone observing you carefully must be explained. Anyone whose behavior seems to be geared to yours must be explained. If the explanation does not satisfy you, be ready to take appropriate defensive action.

If you represent all the people you should be able listen to someone who's pro-abortion are anti-abortion. Even though you might have a different view you should hear somebody who's pro-affirmative-action anti-affirmative action.

I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same.

A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.

Losing produces a weird reaction in me. I surrender all sense of perspective. It's ridiculous, really. All this over a football match.

My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it.

Now if I go back home with an Olympic medal, the reaction of my family will give me immense satisfaction.

I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.

Whenever I watch any kind of competition, my immediate reaction when they call out the name of the winner is to look at the loser.

The PC rebellion is about a reaction against the media academic complex, which tells us what to say - or else.

I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.

I usually get a good reaction anywhere in England, but Manchester is the place they go a little more wild for me.

I'll meet people and tell them what I do, and their first reaction is usually, 'Oh, I love Thin Mints!' And you know, they are awfully good.

What will be interesting to see is whether or not we see from the [Donald Trump] administration initiatives on higher education for this work force, because if those kinds of training opportunities are not provided, then I do think this program begins to look like a defensive holding action, a rear-guard action, buying time for workers who might not otherwise find positions in the 21st century.

I don't know if subconsciously there was some reaction going on, if there was something in me that didn't want to learn an instrument - because I couldn't have been that incompetent!

It isn't easy to be frank with yourself. But, if you wish to find your particular success in life, it is the most rewarding reaction of them all.

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.

I've seen Animal House two and a half times now at sneak previews with a real audience, and the reaction was great.

I think the No. 1 lesson I learned from 'The Simpsons' was just that animation could be as funny as live-action. That animation could be funnier than live-action. That animation didn't have to just be for kids.

In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so that they would not lose out in reasoned argument or be taken by surprise by their quick-witted opponents, they boldly moved into action. Their enemies,on the contrary, contemptuous and confident in their ability to anticipate, thought there was no need to take by action what they could win by their brains.

I grew up with music hall and revue and was used to filling in the little gaps here and there to get bigger audience reaction.

When I see two women kissing, my only physical reaction is a strong desire to vomit in both of their mouths.

What's fun about these pure action games hasn't really changed since the 8-bit days. Every time I make a new 'Devil May Cry' game, I always go back and play one of the 'Ghouls & Ghosts' games to remember what it is about those pure action experiences that's fun.

While in the process of executing an idea, creativity happens not with one brilliant flash but in a chain reaction of many tiny sparks.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.