Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. The sense of justice dies slowly in a people. They grow used… — Charles Morgan
Arson is a respected profession among certain subcultures in Jersey, and the good ones don't get caught. The good ones channel lightning and mysterious acts… — Janet Evanovich
Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with… — Carlos Castaneda
Life forms a surface that acts as if it could not be otherwise, but under its skin things are pounding and pulsing. — Robert Musil
To think, analyze and invent, he [Pierre Menard] also wrote me, “are not anomalous acts, but the normal respiration of the intelligence. To glorify the… — Jorge Luis Borges
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. — Mahatma Gandhi
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self when one does not lack wit and is familiar with all the niceties of language. Language… — George Sand
Today’s milestone is human madness. Politics is a part of it, particularly in its lethal outbursts. Politics is not, as it was for Hannah Arendt,… — Julia Kristeva
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code… — Ayn Rand
We become brave by doing brave acts. — Aristotle
One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery. — Grant Morrison
We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when… — Carolyn Parkhurst
We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the… — Julio Cortazar
I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in… — Stephen King
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on a map. The… — Kate Braverman
If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts of war. — Jeanette Winterson
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts – and… — Jasper Fforde
The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the… — Margaret Atwood
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… — John Steinbeck
[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a… — James E. Faust

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