#action

The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#already #check #claim #competition #degree

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#completely #doing #every #evoke #good

Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#cost #countries #creditor #debt #difference

Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#american #american people #committed #defense #democrats

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#crisis #environmental #global #only #problem

But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible. ↗

— Max Cannon

#cause #comfortable #discomfort #else #going

There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong. ↗

— Drew Brees

#bit #little #little bit #personal #personal satisfaction

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#beings #cannot #find #human #human beings

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#always #characters #doing #gotten #i

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. ↗