#action

We must remember that the mortals prefer plant-life for food, for next time.” The other statue nodded in agreement and replied. “Yes. Every day we learn new things Donkor. These mortals have some funny ways don’t they?” - Quest Two: The Cursed Nile ↗

— S.W. Lothian

#adventure #middle-grade #food

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song. ↗

— Zoltan Kodaly

#ancient #complex #connected #more #movements

I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. ↗

— Horst Koehler

#awareness #christian #christian ethic #ethic #guided

When the President makes something a priority, we see action. ↗

— Herb Kohl

#makes #president #priority #see #something

Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society. ↗

— Lawrence Kohlberg

#agreed #been #critically #defined #examined

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity. ↗

— Michael Korda

#action #eternity #good #good action #moment

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#characters #countries #create #i #i can

I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#because #certain #earn #even #five

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#actually #angry #darfur #doing #heard

The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#elite #fraction #humanity #more #productive