Act Quotes

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set.

We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period.

I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.

Our career is a dream. I mean, we get to act, travel around the world, and meet cool people. What's not to love!

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

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 for federally funded research.

Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

We should open our eyes, see what's in front of us, and act.

I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.

I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either.

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.

It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action.

The Audio Home Recording Act directly says that noncommercial copying by consumers is lawful.

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.