Action Quotes

• Information is power only if you can take action with it. Then, and only then, does it represent knowledge and, consequently, power.

  

  Daniel Burrus
  • Power
  • Information
  • Represent

• There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

  

  Chiang Kai-shek
  • Action

• I always back UN action where we can find it, but I do not think it should be a limit to our help. There have been multiple UN resolutions that say to Assad: stop killing indiscriminately your own citizens.

  

  Jo Cox
  • Help
  • Action
  • Stop

• People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.

  

  Adam Grant
  • People
  • Believe
  • Children

• I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • America
  • Action

• I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

  

  Kirsten Dunst
  • Action
  • Hero

• The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.

  

  Eliot Spitzer
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Disappear

• I love action movies.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Love
  • Action
  • Movies

• I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Character
  • Man
  • Hero

• Gary Cooper turned out to be the surprise of my young life. He was so convincing with his stuttering, stammering awkward little boy manners. When the action called for Dr. Wassell to kiss me, I got all set for a bashful boy kiss. Well, it was like holding a hand grenade and not being able to get rid of it! I was left breathless.

  

  Laraine Day
  • Life
  • Hand
  • Boy

• I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.

  

  Dan Feuerriegel
  • People
  • Character
  • Gay

• Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Women
  • War
  • Fear

• I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to my job by asking myself the question whenever we're confronted with a situation where some may be arguing for military action: Will this actually result in America being safer, or the most lives being saved?

  

  Barack Obama
  • May
  • Job
  • America

• I've got a short attention span, so it makes sense that I like movies because, for the most part, they immerse you in lots of action.

  

  Doug Liman
  • Action
  • Attention

• I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move.

  

  Anton Corbijn
  • Action

• We need community action and policies to support healthy communities.

  

  Mark Hyman
  • Community
  • Action
  • Support

• I have committed to contribute in raising general public awareness, as well as inspiring broad, positive, committed action against illegal trade. It is an on-going and tough fight, but I believe that if we all join our hands, we can conquer!

  

  Yaya Toure
  • Believe
  • Action
  • Positive

• If corporations are to remain a legitimate instrument of collective action, they must concern themselves directly with the well-being of those party to, and affected by, their actions.

  

  Punit Renjen
  • Action
  • Party

• When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • Fun
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis.

  

  John W. Snow
  • Long
  • Action

• Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Life
  • Time
  • Done

• Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Action
  • Desire
  • Plan

• With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Trying
  • Song
  • Action

• If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • President
  • Barack Obama
  • Elected

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