Famous Quotes & Sayings

Every episode is like this big, great action movie.

As soon as we found out, we took immediate action.

As time goes on, I am expecting, I am waiting for North Korea to act in a provocative manner, to lash out verbally, potentially even with a missile or even a nuclear test. Especially as Washington continues to try to squeeze them, and they are going to look for a way to get the world's attention by saying or doing something that is provocative.

Paul Vance

A stabbing is such a personal act that you just figure it has to be someone who knows him.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

A tour should act as pre-season preparation and not only be used as a way of making money. We are going to change it next season.

At that point there was really no confusion in my mind as to what the course of action was. I knew that it was over.

Attached action is selfish work that produces Karmic bondage.

Matthew Stewart

At the decisive Boston town meeting of Nov. 29, 1773, while ships loaded with cargo from the East India Company idled in the harbor, Thomas Young was the first and only speaker to propose that the best way to protest the new Tea Act was to dump the tea into the water.

At night, when you retire to sleep, feel that you are entering the green-room after the scene, but with the dress of your role on; for perhaps the role is not yet over and you have not yet been permitted to take the dress off. Perhaps, you have to make another entrance the next morning. Do not worry about that. Place yourself fully at His Disposal; He knows; He has written the play and He knows how it will end and how it will go on; Yours is but to act and retire.

At my age, my knees and shoulders do ache, but once I'm playing, it seems the action lubricates my parts. So I don't mind it at all.

Jan Hatzius

At this point I would have expected more of a boost from lower oil prices. If you'd told me before the war that the military action would go as smoothly as it did and that Saddam Hussein didn't blow up his oil facilities, I would have thought oil prices would be lower.

At this point it isn't clear that there's any action we can take.

At the time it was supposed to be a really serious and scary movie, ... but because it was made in 1920 and all the actors were from the theater, they hadn't figured out how to act for film yet. Everything is totally overly dramatic.

Richard Boucher

At the time, he was not prepared to provide any information. So certainly all of us who are concerned about the issues of missiles in North Korea...are looking for concrete action by the North Koreans, and are looking for clarification of what this means.

At the end of the day, isn't (accountability) the real challenge? We do want to see some action come out of this.

At the end of May we all start to act like villagers.

Communication was tough, but we always sensed there was a feeling of appreciation. There was always a crowd of kids wherever we were. They were the best act in town.

Common sense told us it was going to happen. Quite often we feel we cannot act without hard science. Now we've got some science.

David Allen

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Consciously, bring an unconscious act into your consciousness where you can master it...then, once mastered, return it to your unconscious.

did not rise to the level of specificity or gravity that would require the court to take action.

Displacement based on race is a form of genocide, as recognized under the Geneva Conventions. Destruction of a people's culture, by official action or depraved inaction, is an offense against humanity under international law.

George Tenet

Cord defined the concept, doctrine and implementation of covert action on behalf of the security and interests of our nation,

Bill Richardson

Congress' delayed action to extend the Energy Conservation Act of 1992 has resulted in stalled action,

Sir Mix-a-Lot

I think what's beautiful when you're looking at artists like Macklemore and you're looking at artists like Ayron Jones, they're proud of Seattle and they're bringing it back. Seattle's a real music town. When you act ashamed of that, you should be pushed outta the game as far as I'm concerned.

Roger Caras

This simple action by the president and his family helps send a message to the rest of America that spaying or neutering your companion animal should be a standard procedure in every household,

Russell Allen

To be honest with you, I got sucked up on the play-action and I was just trying to recover. The ball just kind of hit me, so it wasn't as good as it looked.

Chris Mohr

To be honest, the building trades are going to be able to turn out more people, but we're all in this together, along with the Sierra Club. I know Peninsula Interfaith Action is going to try to turn out some people, too.

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action until the goal is reached. The key is action.

To take that type of action, we have got to have good reason.

This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.

This next song, hopefully, will act as a reminder for you guys,