Quotes about act
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Peter F. Drucker photo

“It is not enough for the economist in a free society to be a good economic craftsman; he must also think and act as a citizen.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Source: 1930s- 1950s, An Economist Looks At the Peace (1945)

Tania Raymonde photo

“I feel like all directing, writing, acting… all things feed into one another in a cool way. It’s just one of those jobs where it’s not too difficult to jump around because they’re all interconnected so to speak.”

Tania Raymonde (1988) American actress

Source: Interview: Tania Raymonde Talks ‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2020/08/20/interview-tania-raymonde-talks-deep-blue-sea-3/ (Aug 20, 2020)

Cyrus the Great photo

“Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth — these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.”

Cyrus the Great (-600–-530 BC) King and founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Source: In Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War https://books.google.com/books?id=w-WNO_TOgOQC&dq=Xenophon%27s%20Cyrus%20the%20Great%3A%20The%20Arts%20of%20Leadership%20and%20War&hl=fr&source=gbs_book_other_versions (2006) p. 116, also quoted in "9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great" http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanholiday/2012/04/19/9-timeless-leadership-lessons-from-cyrus-the-great/ at Forbes.com (19 April 2012)

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“There are no ideals exalting the soul, but only chains, invisible indeed, but binding man more securely than iron. And no act of heroism, no “good work” can open the doors to man’s “perpetual confinement.””

Lev Shestov (1866–1938) Russian theologian

Dostoievsky’s barrack vows of “improvement” now appeared to him as a sacrilege. He experience which he underwent was much the same as Luther’s when he remembered with such unfeigned horror and disgust the vows which he had pronounced on entering the convent. P. 10
Source: In Job's Balances: on the sources of the eternal truths, The Conquest of the Self-Evident; Dostoievsky’s Philosophy

“I’m on the stage alone for 90 minutes. If I start mailing it in, I’m going to get lost. Part of the craft of acting is being properly prepared. I have too much respect for Lincoln to approach it any other way.”

Granville Van Dusen (1944) American actor

Source: Curtain Up: Lincoln actor hangs up his top hat https://cumberlink.com/entertainment/local-scene/curtain-up-lincoln-actor-hangs-up-his-top-hat/article_ecccfa3c-72f9-52f8-a78b-e072b8063925.html (July 9, 2015)

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Marcus Aurelius photo

“My burning desire is to lead my generation into the very act of worship, worshiping the Lord in spirit and in truth.”

Tope Alabi (1970) Nigerian Gospel artist

https://quotes.ng/mobile/author.php?title=tope-alabi&id=1290

Prayut Chan-o-cha photo

“Don't try to fool me and act like you can do or say anything 'because we are a democracy...Do you misunderstand something? Today, I am the one makes the rules. Previous governments couldn't do that. But today, I made the rules [sic], and all of you have to follow them.”

Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954) Thai military officer, junta chief, and politician

Source: Anti-Junta Protest in Khon Kaen, Despite Prayuth's Warnings http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1433764390 (8 June 2015)

Mirza Masroor Ahmad photo

“An Ahmadi boy, an Ahmadi man, a woman and a girl who had accepted Promised Messiah (peace be on him) they have taken oath that they will give preference to the religion above the worldly affairs. And it can happen only when they will act upon the commandments of the religion.”

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950) spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Eid and Friday Sermons
Source: Striving for Moral Excellence: The Islamic Teachings https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2017-01-13.html, Friday Sermon 13th January 2017

Ben Aaronovitch photo

“Lives to act, poor thing, it’s all he ever wanted out of life.”

Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 13, “London Bridge” (p. 280)
Context: “Except he’s dead,” I said.
“I know,” said Mr. Punch. “Isn’t the universe wonderful.”

Naruhito photo

“I pledge hereby that I shall act according to the Constitution and fulfill my responsibility as the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people of Japan, while always wishing for the happiness of the people and the peace of the world, turning my thoughts to the people and standing by them.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Naruhito: Japan’s emperor formally proclaims enthronement in centuries-old ceremony" in CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/asia/japan-enthronement-emperor-intl-hnk/index.html (22 October 2019)

Jack Vance photo

“There is no mystery about violence. It is the reflexive act of brutes, boors and moral defectives.”

Source: Night Lamp (1996), Chapter 3, section 1 (p. 37)

Jack Vance photo

“Except for a few special cases, title to every parcel of real property derives from an act of violence, more or less remote, and ownership is only as valid as the strength and will required to maintain it. That is the lesson of history, whether you like it or not.”

“The mourning of defeated peoples, while pathetic and tragic, is usually futile,” said Kelse.
Source: The Gray Prince (1975 [serialized 1974]), Chapter 16 (p. 159)

Julian Assange photo
Marcus Aurelius photo
Marcus Aurelius photo

“Injustice ... regardless to whomever acted upon or performed against, is still injustice. The unjust person is never relieved of the responsibility of these acts under the pretext that the injustice is done against a heterodox and not to a believer. As our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospels said do not oppress or accuse anyone falsely; do not make any distinction or give room to the believers to injure those of another belief.”

Metrophanes III of Constantinople (1520–1580) Patriarch of Constantinople

Statement condemning the mistreatment of Jews on the Island of Crete by Orthodox powers.
Source: An Orthodox Christian View of Non-Christian Religions https://www.goarch.org/-/an-orthodox-christian-view-of-non-christian-religions by Rev. Dr. George C. Papademetriou; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Hugh Grant photo
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev photo

“I intend to act as tough as possible ... Together we will overcome this black period in the history of Kazakhstan.”

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953) Kazakh politician

Source: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (2021) cited in: " State of emergency in Kazakhstan as Tokayev asks CSTO's help https://www.dailysabah.com/world/asia-pacific/state-of-emergency-in-kazakhstan-as-tokayev-asks-cstos-help" in Daily Sabah, 5 January 2021.

Sandra Bernhard photo

“Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.”

Sandra Bernhard (1955) American actress

Source: First line from her autobiography, Love, Love and Love (June 1993)

Virginia Grey photo

“I consider myself a professional who acts, not to express my soul or elevate the cinema but to entertain and get paid for it.”

Virginia Grey (1917–2004) American actress (1917-2004)

Source: Western Clippings Interview, Mike Fitzgerald, 1998 [citation needed]

Alastair Reynolds photo
Mokgweetsi Masisi photo

“The fact that you buy our diamonds is by itself an act of commitment to our country- wherever you are, you carry a bit of Botswana with you”

Mokgweetsi Masisi (1962) President of Botswana

Source: https://www.debeersgroup.com/~/media/Files/D/De-Beers-Group-V2/documents/company-news/2019/MEDIA%20RELEASE%20Dr%20Mokgweetsi%20Masisi%20President%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Botswana%20opens%20the%20JCK%20Las%20Vegas%20sho.pdf HIS EXCELLENCY, DR MOKGWEETSI MASISI, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA OPENS JCK LAS VEGAS SHOW, 31 May 2019, Retrieved 14th January 2022

Gong Yoo photo

“I think an actor's filmography represents the direction and the course of the acting that an actor has pursued. I'm filling in my filmography to let people know who I am and how I see the world as an actor.”

Gong Yoo (1979) South Korean actor

Source: "Star actor Gong Yoo hopes his filmography can show who he is" in Yonhap https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210414006600315 (14 April 2021)

Xiomara Castro photo
Gilbert O'Sullivan photo

“At the very mention of your name
I get shivers down my back and in my brain.
The parts that used to function normally
are now, as you can see,
acting very strange.
Oh, at the very mention of your name
I don't know why but if I were tied up in chains
I would somehow be released
all problems too would cease
my heart would never feel no pain.
At the very mention of your name.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"At The Very Mention Of Your Name" (song)
Song lyrics
Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "At The Very Mention Of Your Name" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNpIBp-wleI (song on YouTube. (Live performance in Japan, 1993.))

Audre Lorde photo
Prevale photo

“Not giving importance to the misconduct of many people: is not selfishness, but an act of survival.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Non dare importanza al comportamento scorretto di molte persone: non è egoismo, ma un atto di sopravvivenza.
Source: prevale.net

“You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.”

Ibrahim ibn Adham (718–776) ascetic Sufi saint

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 27

Benedict Cumberbatch photo

“If I get something wrong or if I'm late it's an act of wilfulness. This is not the case; it's disorganisation on my part.”

Benedict Cumberbatch (1976) English actor and film producer

"The 5-minute Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor" in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-benedict-cumberbatch-actor-779150.html (7 February 2008)

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Jordan Peterson photo

“Embodied imitation and dramatic abstraction constituted the ground out of which higher abstract cognition emerged. How else could it be? Clearly we were mostly bodies before we were minds. Clearly. And so we were acting out things way before we understood them.”

Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology

"Biblical Series III: God and the Hierarchy of Authority" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GPAl_q2QQ
Lectures, Biblical Lectures

Witness Lee photo

“Being slow means not acting when there is time to act, whereas being stable means allowing time to do its work.”

Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher

Character, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-322-9

Elizabeth Cheney photo

“It is incredible, but not surprising, that the Democrats would try to remove God from committee proceedings in one of their first acts in the majority. They really have become the party of Karl Marx.”

Elizabeth Cheney (1966) American lawyer

As quoted in "House democrats to strike 'so help me God' from oath", Breitbart News (29 January 2019)

Jordan Peterson photo

“If one may not sleep and one may not act, then what use is there sitting about?”

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: The True Game, The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (1985), Chapter 8 (pp. 150-151)

Kim Stanley Robinson photo
Kim Stanley Robinson photo

“It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 6, “Guns Under the Table” (p. 461)

Jean Ingelow photo
Leonid Kuchma photo

“Time requires of all of us to act in unity with resolve and to assume the responsibility for the future of the United Nations.”

Leonid Kuchma (1938) Second president of Ukraine

Speech at the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly (excerpts) (2000)

Auguste Vaillant photo

“Are we not acting on the defensive when we respond to the blows which we receive from above?”

Auguste Vaillant (1861–1894) French anarchist

Speech before the French Chamber of Deputies, 1894

“Without the head, man is a dead body. So too, without prayers, all other acts of worship are lifeless.”

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863–1943) Indian Muslim scholar

Ashraf Ali Thānwī, Hayātul Muslimeen p.71

Mila Kunis photo

“The desire to be perfect. Women innately have this weird thing where they try to have a perfect persona—to look perfect, be perfect, act perfect, have their kids look a certain way. Women put so much pressure on themselves.”

Mila Kunis (1983) American actress

"Mila Kunis on Life With Ashton and Making Babies: “There’s Nothing We Don’t Know About Each Other"" in Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/mila-kunis-on-life-with-ashton-and-making-babies (6 July 2016)

Idegu Ojonugwa Shadrach photo
Chris Voss photo
Nas photo
Thomas Carlyle photo
Prevale photo

“The notable difference in finding the solution to any kind of problem... is always the will that one has, to act and think.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La notevole differenza nel trovare la soluzione a qualsiasi tipo di problema... è sempre la volontà che si ha, di agire e pensare.
Source: prevale.net

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“Adapting does not mean resigning, but knowing how to act of intellect.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Adattarsi non significa rassegnarsi, ma saper agire d'intelletto.
Source: prevale.net

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“If you want to get to know a person well, wait for them to get angry. An angry person always acts on instinct showing his true character and authentic thoughts of him.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Se vuoi conoscere bene una persona, aspetta che si arrabbi. Una persona arrabbiata agisce sempre d'istinto mostrando il suo vero carattere ed i suoi autentici pensieri.
Source: prevale.net

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“In life it's essential that ideas, choises and actions are always done your way. To act according to the opinion of others would be to err twice.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nella vita è essenziale che idee, scelte ed azioni siano sempre compiute a modo tuo. Agire secondo l'opinione degli altri significherebbe sbagliare due volte.
Source: prevale.net

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“When it's necessary, take act. Do not hesitate.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Quando è necessario, agite. Non esitate.
Source: prevale.net

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“One of the most beautiful sensations one can experience every day is warn love, affection, respect, care, protection and consideration. Being there remains the most noble act that exists.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: ​Una delle sensazioni più belle che si possano provare ogni giorno è avvertire amore, affetto, rispetto, cura, protezione e considerazione. Esserci resta l’atto più nobile che esista.
Source: prevale.net

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“In love, the most important and relevant act is to be there.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In amore, l'atto più importante e rilevante è esserci.
Source: prevale.net

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“Learn to breathe, to think before you speak, and above all, to reflect before you act.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Imparate a respirare, a pensare prima di parlare e, soprattutto, a riflettere prima di agire.
Source: prevale.net

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“Learning to politely say “no” is not an act of selfishness or rejection towards others, but an important skill to improve the quality of your life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Imparare a dire educatamente di "no" non è un atto di egoismo o di rifiuto verso gli altri, ma un'abilità importante per migliorare la qualità della propria vita.
Source: prevale.net

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José Baroja photo

“Telling stories from the margins is a symbolic act of justice.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

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“Often, not worrying is not selfishness, but an act of survival.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Spesso, non preoccuparsi non è egoismo, ma un atto di sopravvivenza.
Source: prevale.net

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“Sensitivity is a gift of elegance and kindness, an act of courage, in a world often indifferent and superficial.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La sensibilità è un dono di eleganza e gentilezza, un atto di coraggio, in un mondo spesso indifferente e superficiale.
Source: prevale.net

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“Remembrance is a creative and subjective act that uses the past to protect the present, prioritising the preservation of pain as a form of self-defence.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il ricordo è un atto creativo e soggettivo che utilizza il passato per proteggere il presente, dando priorità alla conservazione del dolore come forma di autodifesa.
Source: prevale.net

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“False do-goodism is the hypocrisy of appearing good to act bad, without suffering the consequences.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il falso buonismo è l'ipocrisia di apparire buoni per agire da cattivi, senza subirne le conseguenze.
Source: prevale.net

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“Following the wise advices of a parent is an act of awareness that transforms his experience into a compass for own present.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Seguire i saggi consigli di un genitore è un atto di consapevolezza che trasforma la sua esperienza in una bussola per il proprio presente.
Source: prevale.net

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“True nobility of spirit manifests itself in the ability not to cast one's shadow on others, transforming the burden of problems into an act of kindness and inner strength.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La vera nobiltà d'animo si manifesta nella capacità di non gettare la propria ombra sugli altri, trasformando il peso dei problemi in un atto di gentilezza e forza interiore.
Source: prevale.net

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“At the workplace, being betrayed by someone you trusted is one of the most disgusting acts you can suffer.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Sul posto di lavoro, essere traditi da qualcuno di cui ti fidavi è uno degli atti più disgustosi che si possano subire.
Source: prevale.net

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“Experiment, act. Life is better than you have ever dared to hope.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Sperimentate, agite. La vita è migliore di quanto abbiate mai osato sperare.
Source: prevale.net

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“True elegance is recognized by the care one dedicates to others and by the way one chooses to act in life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La vera eleganza si riconosce dalla cura che si dedica agli altri e dal modo in cui si sceglie di agire nella vita.
Source: prevale.net

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“Choosing carefully what nourishes well-being and dedicating oneself to one's own necessities is an act of respect for oneself and riconoscence one's own value.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Scegliere con cura ciò che nutre il benessere e dedicarsi alle proprie necessità è un atto di rispetto per se stessi e di riconoscimento del proprio valore.
Source: prevale.net