The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
There weren't a lot of action roles growing up - there were a few, maybe, like Wonder Woman, but then it wasn't real action.
Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective action under the heavy pressure of never-ending internal debate.
Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line.
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.
The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.
Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or Twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on.
Translating any insights I have for strangers' lives into positive action in my own has proved a challenge. While I've learned a lot about what everyone else is thinking, I fail miserably to use such knowledge in my private relationships.
Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna wanna work?
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot.
Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.
I watch action movies, and you don't remember when Jason Statham does a kick or punch. It's character trait stuff you remember.
My films have always been considered the benchmark in action. I have a big responsibility to shoulder.
To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.
Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.
People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.
In campaign reporting more than any other kind of press coverage, reporters aren't just covering a story, they're a part of it - influencing outcomes, setting expectations, framing candidates - and despite what they tell themselves, it's impossible to both be a part of the action and report on it objectively.
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.
I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
Dreams grow holy put in action.
Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.
