I act much younger than I am.

Acting on our interests refines our understanding of what we are good at and what we value. The experiences we have along the way sometimes introduce us to new values that enhance and enlarge our...

In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.

Always look at the function, its not what you did but why do you do it? Once you find the why then you walk through another door

Failure is not the opposite of success, inaction is.

I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently.

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I’m not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you’ll come across a director who sort of looks at an...

True leaders don’t give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.

What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.

I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there’s such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don’t act like,...

The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.

It’s like pretending to be Santa and then stabbing someone with a candy cane!

I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.

Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions; they never walk alone!

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

I love it and it is a blessing to be able to have seventy-five to eighty episodes to develop a character and find your voice. You have a similar through voice, and yet you are...

I didn’t act like I was there. I just got into the story.

People like me might be small in stature, but they can also act.

I was 13 – 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the ‘Rolling Stone’ interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the...

The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if it’s the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you’re in front of someone who’s suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride – that’s everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can...

It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.

Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

If something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.

Actually, because I’m so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That’s how hard I play,...

Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams. Think about the possibility of what you plan to do and approach it with an optimistic action. Stay positively.

No struggle, no success! The strongest thunder strikes often bring the heaviest rainfall! The weight of your fulfillment depends on how wide you cast your nets!

Don’t be discouraged when your life boils hot. With just a little more toil, you’ll reap from the soil. More oil to your elbows. Stay awake and make it happen!

With love, it’s better to act now and think later. Write your love poem after you’ve made love, and not before.

A cabaret song has got to be written – for the middle voice, ideally – because you’ve got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act,...

I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act.

Faith is not a one-time act. It’s a way of life.

Finding a writer who can write decent kids’ dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not ‘cute’ is an effort.

Slapping a catchy acronym like the JOBS Act on a piece of legislation makes it more difficult for politicians to oppose it – and indeed that’s what happened with the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

There’s a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.

If you can’t please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.

People always tell me I’m the complete opposite of Chief Keef and act like I’m supposed to stop him from making his music. But I like Chief Keef, so it’s always super awkward. I just...

If we don’t act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.

If you want to act, you have to devote yourself to it. Send out letters and photos every day, work all the hours under the sun, whatever it takes. If you’re not determined, you won’t...

Your dreams are like the cement. If you water it with actions, it becomes a hard concrete mass. But if you leave it exposed and unwatered, the air will easily blow it away!

Stop and say something good about yourself! Believe what you have just said! Pray for what you have just believed! Have faith for what you just prayed for! Work out that faith! …and surely goodness...

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.

Comparison is an act of violence against the self.

It’s the first time I’ve seen myself act, and I can’t say I’m impressed.

We can’t act until we know who we are and what we believe.

I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of alcoholism, drugs, or things of that nature, I do not think those conditions...