Action Quotes - Page 94

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

Satisfaction is like death. The day I'll be satisfied, I'll quit

The manufactured consensus of the IPCC has had the unintended consequences of distorting the science, elevating the voices of scientists that dispute the consensus, and motivating actions by the consensus scientists and their supporters that have diminished the public's trust in the IPCC.

Action takes precedence over study.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs.

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow.

Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.

For me, the question was, how can one take a live-action performance and put it in the parameter of one of those cartoons? How much can you get away with?

My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.

It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

A good aim surveys the present state of experience of pupils, and forming a tentative plan of treatment, keeps the plan constantly in view and yet modifies it as conditions develop. The aim, in short, is experimental, and hence constantly growing as it is tested in action.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell 'action' and 'cut.'

On the one hand, undeserved success gives no satisfaction... but, on the other hand, well-deserved failure gives no satisfaction either.

Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.

It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.