Their Acts Quotes
30 quotes by 28 authors
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The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
— Samuel Johnson
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences…
— Blaise Pascal
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The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent…
— Margaret Sanger
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It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or other…
— Lysander Spooner
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There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale, neither one of which has anything to do…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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The natural law is the origin and principle of all virtues and their acts, therefore we must first speak about natural law.
— William of Auxerre
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The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of…
— Paul Tillich
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Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in…
— Thomas Szasz
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I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts…
— William Eldridge Odom
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In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can…
— Luis Bunuel
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[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lord’s own words, that of renouncing himself -…
— St. Vincent
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The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that…
— Denis Norden
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But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world through…
— Jennifer Egan
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I'm never angry at anybody! No human being can do anything important enough for that. You get angry at people when you feel that their…
— Carlos Castaneda
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Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can't get away from them and Heaven knows what they mayn't grow…
— Elizabeth Bibesco
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
— Og Mandino
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Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing…
— Farley Mowat
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For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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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
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