When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small,… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Feature films seem geared toward very large budgets, action, broad comedy. That seems to dominate all year where it used to be… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
For every action, there will always be a reaction. Actually, people who do wrong to me or hurt me, something unpleasant surely… — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only… — Immanuel Hermann Fichte Copy Share Image
Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who… — Yisroel Dovid Weiss Copy Share Image
Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe emancipation of mind as an individual organ to do its own… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
So our own actions sometimes have undermined our safety, in our efforts to fight terrorism. The only way this can work is… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays,… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
A sentimentalist is one who delights to have high and devout emotions stirred whilst reading in an arm-chair, or in a prayer… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There is but one question ultimately to be asked respecting every line you draw, Is it right or wrong? If right, it… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences. — Marshall Rose Copy Share Image
Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
There is no fate that plans men's lives. Whatever comes to us, good or bad, is usually the result of our own… — Herbert Newton Casson Copy Share Image
As any action or posture, long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs, so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think 'Actions speak louder than words' is one thing, I think, I always took from my mom. And to this day,… — Ginni Rometty Copy Share Image
I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
I would say that since I was nine years old I've always wanted to write and direct horror movies and action movies.… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being.… — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
My life is ... a mystery which I do not attempt to really understand, as though 1 were led by the hand… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
It's easy to feel helpless - like you can't fight the tide. But remember: small actions can have a huge impact, and… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually… — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
Volunteerism is the voice of the people put into action. These actions shape and mold the present into a future of which… — Helen Dyer Copy Share Image
Audacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not… — Steven Furtick Copy Share Image
never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
In my films, they say the action sequences are very local and not international. But why should I copy from English films? — Prabhu Deva Copy Share Image
The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of… — Bhumibol Adulyadej Copy Share Image
Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Positive thinking makes you energetic, innovative, paves way for more initiative action, which leads happiness in your life. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Happiness refers to feelings, virtue refers to actions, and those actions can cause those feelings. But not necessarily and not exclusively. — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image