Acts Quotes

1679 Acts quotes by 1187 unique authors

Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction. — E L Doctorow
The qubit acts as a bridge between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds. — Aaron D. O'Connell
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs
If Israel sees weapons moving toward its border, it acts. — Richard Engel
I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of… — John James Audubon
Obama has figured out the best method to prepare the way for his verbal Houdini acts: Use political noise as the tune-up din before the… — Tina Brown
I think that now that we are seeing multimedia types of productions with videos and pictures and human beings performing the acts that animals used… — Montel Williams
We design our world, while our world acts back on us and designs us. — Unknown Author
America is beyond power; it acts as in a dream, as a face of God. Wherever America is, there is freedom, and wherever America is… — John Updike
Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience. — Judy Gold
The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard… — Michael Ignatieff
I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars or ride around… — Helen Garner
Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most… — Al Sharpton
I believe the election and reelection of Obama were among the most conspicuous acts of denial in recent years. Voters just stopped paying attention. They… — Allen West
This is the problem today. Men and women have switched places. The woman now acts more like the man. — Domenico Dolce
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the… — John Marshall
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those… — John Marshall
Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone… — Karen Abbott
Indeed, no one does more injury in the church than he who acts perversely and yet has the name and order of sanctity. — Jan Hus
I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force. — Mike Love
The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts… — Samuel Smiles
In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the best romances, love… — Sarah MacLean
The repeated action of working and playing acts like a trowel that uncovers a hidden structure under the earth. It is an action that deepens… — Simon McBurney
As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person commits a gun… — Gabrielle Giffords
Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. — William Blake

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