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Action Quotes - Page 114

The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.

Henry Ward Beecher (1856). “Lectures to young men: on various important subjects”, p.115

There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.6, Hayes Barton Press

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Entry for December 30, 1850, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

They’re called action scenes because they do the acting for you. You don’t have to act in action scenes.

"Oscar-winning Dame Helen Mirren Stirs The Tempest & Makes Us See Red This Season". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 26, 2010.

The path to big, systemic change is collective action. That takes Sister Courage.

Gloria Feldt (2012). “No Excuses: Nine Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power”, p.242, Seal Press

We do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or even how some of our actions could impact it.

George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.162, M.E. Sharpe

Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.

George Herbert (1838). “The Temple. Sacred poems and private ejaculations, etc”, p.195