Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Hader

The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.'

John C. Calhoun

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

Rand Paul

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

Gabriel Byrne

I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.

Natalie Cole

I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way.

Byron Scott

We didn't play like we wanted to win. We came out in the third quarter and acted like we were up 20. We blew it, that's the bottom line.

Andrea Arnold

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.

The question in my mind is whether the civil rights community acted fast enough, ... Here we are at the deadline, and how many black people know what we know about his record? It doesnt put us in a mobilization mode. And this is a war.

Allison Tolman

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

Otto Preminger

I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.

We are pleased that the court acted quickly to protect women and their doctors,

We are pleased that the Council on Foundations has acted to restore our membership status. We have worked closely with the Council to address its concerns, and we are confident the Council's decision was based on a belief that the measures we have taken to strengthen existing policies and implement new measures will set a high standard going forward.

We are one of the few places that have zoning in place. The city acted even before the legislature changed the law. I think council and staff saw the very likely possibility that tattooing would be allowed in South Carolina and wanted to be prepared and wanted to have something in place if and when it passed. There's no reason to wait until the last minute if the train is coming down the tracks.

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as throughout his great war career.

Wentworth Miller

I acted all the way up until Princeton. It was just one of my favorite extracurricular activities. Then I got to Princeton and had a really conservative vibe. All my friends were planning on law school, med school, or Wall Street, and suddenly acting seem like a really risky proposition.

Todd Park

Government is truly beginning to embrace the power of innovation for the people and by the people, the idea that if government collaborates openly with and unleashes the ingenuity of the public, it will get much more done, much faster and at much lower cost than if government acted alone.

David Hare

'Via Dolorosa' is the only thing I have ever acted in my life, professionally, and I'll never act again.

People were uncomfortable. They acted like we didn't know what we were doing. I was hoping that if you give this system an opportunity and the time that it takes, it will work.

Cass Sunstein

On the facts thus far, the president has a decent argument that he acted lawfully. There's also a decent argument that he didn't. But if the president has a decent argument, he can't be impeached for getting it wrong.

I was for Gore. I thought that Gore and the Democrats were pretty clueless as to what Nader and the Greens represented, and they acted like bullies.

Mr. Tsurumi never acted like a teacher, but only asked us, 'Isn't it interesting?' when he found something unique.

Mr. Cunningham acted not out of passion, not a crime on the spur of the moment, he acted out of greed.

Mr Black asserts his innocence without qualification... (and) has, at all times, acted in good faith.

No one else has shown any symptoms. We believe we have acted quickly.

Charles Studd

Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day, scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation.

Kandyse McClure

This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.

John Ashcroft

I believe that I acted properly in carrying out my duties as a member of the Senate in relation to Judge Ronnie White,

Wole Soyinka

Obasanjo has acted sufficiently against the constitution to warrant his impeachment. There is more than enough evidence to warrant his impeachment.

Obviously, there's a certain amount of time you have to put in before you're even allowed to be nominated for something like that. Realistically, I think that it's something he should have and could have gotten a lot earlier if the time restrictions hadn't been put in. I think he's always acted like a Hall of Fame coach.

Obviously any time there is an allegation against a general officer of personal conduct, it's taken very seriously. It is looked into and examined and acted upon as appropriate.

I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.

Davy Crockett

I have acted fearless and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried that to be hypocritically immortalized.