Act Quotes

I like to act with people that know what they're doing.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

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

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him.

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

Fear stimulates us to take action and can be our friend, but if you act as though fear is not there-if you deny it-it will build and create barriers.

The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.

Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story.

Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others.

The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator.

While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars.

People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.

Blessing is the soveraign act of God, and the power of benediction like the power of God.

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives.

Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.