Act Quotes

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.

The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

I always wanted to act.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college.

Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy.

I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.

I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.

When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. 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.

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'