Act Quotes

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.

How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.

You get to act for a living. You're fortunate. So act like it.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar.

None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently.

Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.

Women didn't want to be on the stage with other women because they didn't want their bodies to be compared. They didn't want another female act opening for them because of this weird competitive and tokenistic attitude.

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown.

We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool.

He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.

If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you.

I never really did years of movie-after-movie-after-movie but when you've got three toddlers in the house you're performing all day long, anyway, with puppet shows and stories - I act around the clock.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to - act as if it were impossible to fail.

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.