Action Quotes

It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.

But whatever the POV, and the difficulty of forcing the action into a particular frame, stay within it.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

I love doing action.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

Never confuse motion with action.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.

I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be fun. We had a lot of action in 'Eclipse' and I'd definitely like to continue down the action road. I want to do a romantic period piece, but those are really hard to get made because they're very expensive and there's not a huge demographic.

Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.

The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.

I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.

In the 90's action pictures were all the rage. As a woman, I was fed up with them and I initially thought that the script was just another action film dressed up as a period piece.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

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.

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear.

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.