Act Quotes

8447 Act quotes by 4801 unique authors

Whether you have a Ph.D., or no D, we're in this bag together. And whether you're from Morehouse or Nohouse, we're still in this bag… — Fannie Lou Hamer
No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science. — Karl Barth
I want to perform an unnatural act. — Lenny Bruce
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it.… — Gregory Maguire
Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it. — Gregory Maguire
Harrison is very much part of this one, but really it’s about finding him; he comes in in the third act. — Ridley Scott
There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions. — M. Scott Peck
To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but I doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is ot… — M. Scott Peck
The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost… — Jack Kornfield
Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things… — Elbert Hubbard
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all? — Elbert Hubbard
I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in… — Miriam Makeba
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life. — Roy Bennett
Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art, in the end,… — Muriel Barbery
GOD made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start.… — Eugene H. Peterson
What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world. — Marcella Hazan
Don't tell me you're my friend. Act like one. — Yolanda Foster
Getting married is an incredible act of hopefulness. — Ashley Judd
By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it… — Shakti Gawain
Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform new material. I'm not a… — Daniel Tosh
Some form of gnosis or immediacy is attached to all thinking as its root-form or primitive origination; every act of thinking has this passive derivation,… — Kenny Smith
To be reborn hourly and daily in this life, we need to die-to give of ourselves wholly to the demands of the moment, so that… — Philip Kapleau
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible… — Steve Israel
Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act, or, alternatively, to… — Harriet Lerner

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