First Act Quotes

59 quotes by 50 authors

Defense is the first act of war. — Byron Katie
With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost… — Kate Millett
My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account… — Phil Jackson
Breathing is the first act of life, and the last. — Joseph Pilates
The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered. — Samuel Johnson
The first act of religion, therefore, concerns those things which are communicated to us from God. The other concerns those things which we yield to… — William Ames
In the first act, you get the audience's attention - once you have it, they will repay you in the second. Play through the laughs… — Noel Coward
When you want to put something into your part that is not in the play, you must ask the author-or some other author-to lead up… — George Bernard Shaw
The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only… — Samuel Johnson
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act. — Billy Wilder
Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: — Mahatma Gandhi
The first act of insight is throw away the labels. In fiction, while we do not necessarily write about ourselves, we write out of ourselves,… — Eudora Welty
Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I have a shoebox: for ideas, fragments, snatches of conversation I hear. I scrawl it down, throw the scraps in the box. Every time I… — Shane Black
Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if… — Marcus Aurelius
Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God. — Mahatma Gandhi
To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we… — Erica Jong
The first act of insight is throw away the labels. — Eudora Welty
I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that… — Mark Twain
To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. — Erica Jong

Who Wrote These First Act Quotes

50 authors contributed a total of 59 First Act Quotes, led by these top contributors: