Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jane Withers

He acted like a little kid and when someone acts like a kid, I treat them like one, ... I didn't put up with any guff, and because of it, we had a very warm relationship.

He acted like a gentle breeze, but his impact on us was definitely larger than life.

He acted like a champion. I guess I'm partial to him--he helped me out of that.

Fabio Capello

He acted in the same way as he has always done,

He acted honorably, as far as I'm concerned.

He acted as though he didn't know where he was, and he immediately got the attention of the producers and the director of the film. He was chosen for the part on that basis -- they didn't know what to think of him. They were astounded by him.

He really acted like he was coming in to talk with a group of people he had known all his life. It has been a pleasure and an honor to be elected as mayor of Picayune over the years, but I believe one of the highest honors I have received is that I got to be introduced to the president of the United States,

He pushed it, pushed it and pushed it until it was an election year and then acted like he'd never heard of it.

Michael Chiklis

He oversaw the production from a distance. He had casting approval, and script approval. So he acted as the big man on the mountain.

For our purposes, we define (William James) theory of pragmatism to mean that instead of just talking about something, you should get out and do it. An idea doesn't have a worth until it is acted upon.

Jacques Chirac

I felt they acted frivolously because entry into the European Union implies a minimum of understanding for the others,

If evil is being acted upon in the world, everybody has an obligation, especially if only you had the power. Only we understood the technology. Only we could defeat this guy.

Hun Sen

I can assure you that the demonstrators had a number of agent provocateurs who were anything but peaceful and that our security personnel acted with great restraint, acting forceful only when forced to do so by the mob,

Arlen Specter

I certainly would not want to see a situation evolve where some intervening event occurred which might have been prevented had Congress acted more promptly,

I'd say, really, late January or early February is when we got our rotation down. I think the most exciting thing about Marissa and Kristi is they haven't played or acted like freshmen.

Richard Shelby

I believe it will be some time before we have a true understanding of the actual damages and recovery needs in the region, ... We have already acted and will continue to act in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle, to make sure the victims have everything they need to be made whole, to be back on their feet, make no mistake about it.

By and large the industry has acted in good faith. And (the Clipped Tag) is an example of that. It is an elegant reaction to concerns that are vastly overblown.

Isaac Newton

An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.

Nikos Kazantzakis

all these days acted with responsibility and seriousness over the matter.

the employer ought to be given the benefit of the doubt here if they have acted in a reasonable way.

The coastal migration theory has yet to be proven with hard evidence, but we have been finding earlier and more widespread evidence for coastal settlement around the Pacific Rim. The fact that productive kelp forests are found adjacent to some of the earliest coastal archaeological sites in the Americas supports the idea that such forests may have facilitated human coastal migrations around the Pacific Rim near the end of the last glacial period. In essence, they may have acted as a sort of kelp highway.

(The cut is) the beginning of several shots in the arm. I think the Fed acted early in the new year so to give themselves the opportunity in the end of the month to cut again, if things don't kick in as they like.

The hotel acted in accordance with U.S. sanctions.

The human aspect could have prevailed, everything could have been set aside and acted as an anchor for the great leap they could have taken politically. But they have been the prisoners of the past.

The high loss of life suggests the police acted with extreme brutality A police force acting responsibly would not have allowed such a tragedy to occur.

Stanley Kubrick

The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes.

All things considered, the market acted pretty well. You can chalk up 20 to 25 percent of this move today to the fact that it is the weekend, and people are reluctant to take positions home, or start new ones.

Britt Robertson

I've gone to prom multiple times, had fights with the principal, a relationship with my teacher. When people ask if I wish I had gone to high school, I tell them that I've acted all of that stuff out, and it just doesn't seem like fun.

The jury verdict is an endorsement that American Family always acted in good faith.

The jury found in our favor, we believe, because the evidence showed that Merck acted responsibly.

This is much more direct evidence of parental care, and it's 100 million years older than other findings suggesting dinosaurs acted this way.

Larry Gelbart

You could say the network was beating up on you, and he acted as a very benign and positive kind of chief justice.

Janet Weiss

You can ride your bike to anywhere in Portland if you want to. I think there was a charming underdog mentality when I first moved here in the late '80s that is definitely gone. People acted more like underdogs, dressed more like underdogs.