Action Quotes

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.

Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

The Administration has made critical mistakes and errors in judgment leading up to the war in Iraq. The President refuses to acknowledge these mistakes, and thus, no corrective action has been taken to prevent these problems from happening again.

I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot.

And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadn't taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.

Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.

He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart.

Unless action is taken soon - unless we can display the same vision of that earlier period - we will lose the treasure of California's open space and environmental beauty.

I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

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

Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.

Congress first took action against steroids by passing The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.

While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.