Action Quotes
Action is the process whereby what is not fully formed passes into expressive consciousness.
Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.
You're using such different muscles and you rely on physicality in live action, but in animation, you totally throw that out the window. But somehow, they're both as satisfying.
The dimension of depth in the consciousness of religion creates the tension between what is and what ought to be. It bends the bow from which every arrow of moral action flies.
I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.
The essence of the phenomenon of gambling is decision making. The act of making a decision consists of selecting one course of action, or strategy, from among the set of admissible strategies.
It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.
I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.
It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action
Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in society.
A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.
Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding into a whole that is greater than scientific perception.
We cannot be too energetic in reminding our nihilists and positivists that this is a world of action and history.
Drastic action can be costly, but it can be less expensive than continuing inaction.
The basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual... the humility of the spirit.
A real strategy is not bottom up because it deals with issues that require unexpected or unusual types action, especially of coordination among units.
The real objective isn't just "knowledge" or getting an 80-20 understanding of the situation. The overriding objective is engagement, creating a buzz, mobilizing people to take action.
My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling.
I thought Out of Action was better as a catalogue than the honeycomb because the honeycomb was like walking into one compartment and then another compartment.
How few there are who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world, and distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind.
An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.
I’d seen him fight before, but it never got old. He was captivating. He never stopped moving. Every action was graceful and lethal. He was a dancer of death.
I have always really liked Tom Jones and I can't wait to see him in action. One thing is for sure, I would rather be singing for a living than getting punched on the head.
Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's rehearsed. I mean, you have no idea.
The biggest thing was that second person allowed me to trick myself into revealing more about myself. It gave me an authorial distance to get closer to the action and emotions, if that makes sense.
I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in the action.
Do something whatever you do, it will be better than sitting and hoping things will improve.
Interestingly, the very experience of fear itself is the tip-off moment, the signal that a possibility for action is opening up and so a choice needs to be made.
But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.
We're worse off than Freud thought, because many actions proceed without our knowing anything about them.
If we have the right to use our reason, we certainly have the right to act in accordance with it, and no god can have the right to punish us for such action
Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids.
