Act Quotes
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Evil doesn’t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the opportunity to do good and you do nothing, that can be evil.
Yvon Chouinard
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
Gary Ackerman
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A library implies an act of faith.
Victor Hugo
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
Mae Whitman
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When it gets down to it you just have to act.
Aaron Eckhart
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
Kate Christensen
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Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn't want to follow.
Ringo Starr The Beatles
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
Otto Preminger
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
Pablo Picasso
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It's not easy to act, but to direct to act. It goes form one place to the next. It's not heading for the punchline, and also it's not about scoring goals. It's about passing the ball, and the goals will come by themselves.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.
Gary Cooper
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
Damian Lewis
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Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?
Victoria Jackson
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None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
Sam Brownback
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There are many today who believe that there are people running around this world right now who are performing greater miracles, performing miracles in greater abundance, and actually doing more incredible acts of divine healing than Jesus himself did. I can't think of any more serious delusion than that.
R. C. Sproul
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
Laura Dern
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Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
Ira Sachs
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I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.
Aaron Sorkin
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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
Salmon P. Chase
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Do one act of kindness each day of the year and change 365 lives.
Anthony Douglas Williams
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
Katharine Hepburn
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In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.
Samantha Mumba