Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
Conformism is a potent statement, and as much as we do talk about individuality in fashion, there's a sense that people are fearful of not conforming and not being part of action.
Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.
Never confuse motion with action.
Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery.
In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn't mastered and what the technique can't do is this: emotion capture.
Action conquers fear.
'Ajnabee' is a thriller. I play a married man trapped by mysterious circumstances. The film does have a lot of romance and action, but it's not based on 'Consenting Adults.'
Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
The Senate are a branch of the treaty-making power, and by consulting them in advance of his own action upon important measures of foreign policy which may ultimately come before them for their consideration, the President secures harmony of action between that body and himself.
Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like.
Indecision and reveries are the anesthetics of constructive action.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless.
