“If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!”
Arno Allan Penzias (1933) American physicist
Autobiography, Arno Penzias, The Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 (provided in 2004)
“If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.”
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“I don't want you to be the victim of circumstance, I want you to be the owner of the moment.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 156
U.G. Krishnamurti (1918–2007) Indian philosopher
As quoted in A Taste of Death: Thirty Days with U.G. in Gstaad, Switzerland http://www.scribd.com/doc/3101240/A-Taste-of-Death (1995) by Mahesh Bhatt. Bhatt precedes this quote with the observation "You are what you do, not what you say you want to do" which has sometimes been misquoted as part of Krishnamurti's statement.
“Why you gotta act like you know, if you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything.”
Ben Folds (1966) American musician
"Bastard", "Songs for Silverman" (2005).
Song lyrics, Solo
“We don't want this money paid out to heirs. We want them to be paid to victims.”
Israel Singer (1942) American Jewish activist
Book "Holocaust Industry", Norman Finkelstein, 2001, page 147. ISBN 1-85984-488-X
“I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one. ”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
“When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.”
Robert Kagan book Of Paradise and Power
Alternate version: If you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.
Of Paradise and Power, p. 26
According to Kagan, this is a variation of the proverb "When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails." (p. 25 of the same book)
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Variant: Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
“It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.”
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) Swiss author and dramatist
“If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.”
Jeannette Walls book Half Broke Horses
Source: Half Broke Horses