Act Quotes

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives.

We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular.

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

I've had a tough time learning how to act like a congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.

Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning.

You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.

The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act.