Mark Quotes

I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Mark Twain cannot be defined.

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.

There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.