Dramatic Quotes

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people.

Never underestimate the power of dramatic lips.

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

Batteries are the most dramatic object. Other things stop working or they break, But Batteries... They Die.

I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles.

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

It's those little daily incidents of life that are dramatic, and if you put a frame around it , suddenly they become much bigger and much more important than you ever imagined.

We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic situation, because solidarity is a basic principle that cannot be had on an à la carte basis. If we have rules that nobody adheres to, then the community will break apart.

Given a thimbleful of [dramatic] facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub.

Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.

History has recorded nothing so dramatic in design, nor so skillfully manipulated, as this attempt to create the National Reserve Association, or the Federal Reserve.

Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong.

I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.

Lyda was an exuberant, even a dramatic gardener.... She was always holding up a lettuce or a bunch of radishes with an air of resolute courage, as though she had shot them herself.

The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict.

Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.

Travel at faster than the speed of light certainly can have dramatic implications that are difficult to understand, such as time travel.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

We can be dramatic, even theatrical; we can be persuasive; but the message we are telling must be true.

Improvisation in general is good, and improvising material into themes, turning the material into something codified and repeatable, taught me scenic structure and dramatic gambits that work and things that are appealing both as a performer and an audience member, like you know, what does "want" really mean in a scene, and how do you achieve your want, and how is that expressed, and how do you achieve closure? Those are all things that I learned performing at the cabaret after just doing the same scenes over and over and over again over the years, with my own ability to change.