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Action Quotes - Page 106

Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.

"The Pope: how the Church will change". Interview with Eugenio Scalfari, www.repubblica.it. October 1, 2013.

The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation.

Pope Benedict XVI's Address at The Meeting with The Representatives of British Society, Including The Diplomatic Corps, Politicians, Academics and Business Leaders, w2.vatican.va. September 17, 2010.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

Peter F. Drucker (2009). “The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done”, p.5, Harper Collins

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

Interview by Patricia Kennealy, www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com. February, 1971.

There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.

Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1466, Delphi Classics

The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions

Ogden Nash (1945). “The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash”, New York : Modern Library

Be an all-out, not a hold-out.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.65, Simon and Schuster