Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
Kwame NkrumahOur age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
Reinhold NiebuhrI constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.
Vincent GalloDo you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas JeffersonI was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
Harold McMillanSometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists
Edward De BonoPresident Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.
Dennis MillerA person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
John Stuart MillMan wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.
Albert CamusThis body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI like any reaction I can get with my music.
Jim MorrisonThe most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
Suzanne Curchod NeckerI had to double the dose of my anti-inflammatories the last few days because my shoulder was painful, and it's probably I just had a very bad reaction to that
Justine Henin-Hardenne"The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me."
Glenn CloseThis is 29, Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an exciting double ... Eric is Bananaman. Ever alert for the call to action
BananamanAny genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Henry MillerI was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.
Ade AkinbiyiIt is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Jacob BronowskiDeep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
Orison Swett MardenA zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
Daniel BooneNecessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favourite of fortune.
Francis QuarlesAction is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.
Dinah Maria MulockDreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais NinIn action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe irresistible attraction of pets is that their love can be earned
Robert BraultActions lie louder than words
Bob WellsIt is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Charlotte BronteA thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
Georges BernanosJust remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
Gillian AndersonIf you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?
Maynard JacksonWould you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.
Katherine MansfieldNo money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
Samuel JohnsonYou recognize but one rule of commerce; that is (to avail myself of your own terms) to allow free passage and freedom of action to all buyers and sellers whoever they may be.
Francois QuesnayMy actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
Omar BongoAs life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to have lived.
Oliver Wendell Holmes JuniorThe cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.
Henry Ward Beecher You may fail to shine, in the opinion of others, both in your conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them
Fulke GrevilleDancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.
Havelock EllisThe Führer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility.
Martin HeideggerBy 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.
Woodrow WilsonChaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
Will RogersTake time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Andrew JacksonIf a person becomes a fatalist and does not perform actions he shall literally acquire nothing.
Rig VedaAction based only on principles isn't always good even if it feels good.
John ChancellorMy reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first 10 minutes I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
Erica JongOur life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.
Anais NinIt wasn't the reaction I was expecting. I thought a couple of things might have landed on my head
Dennis WiseMy actions at the Alamo are justified as is my participation in them!
Antonio Lopez De Santa AnnaThere's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?
Dustin HoffmanEvery public action, which is not customary, either is wrong, or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time
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