Act Quotes

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the way I act seem rash. But I do take ownership of it. I don't say things I don't mean.

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn't something that was fake or contrived as I got older.

People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them.

Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves.

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

I ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.

Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.

At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping is left up to him.

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry.