#action

I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#ass #been #being #creating #feeling

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#action #approach #earn #energy #five

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#been #civilized #humane #inhumane #nation

Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#also #always #birth #cloudy #consciences

Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#balance #beauty #cosmos #deepak-chopra #energy

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person. ↗

— Graham Chapman

#attitude #causes #come #emotion #ideas

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of. ↗

— George Chapman

#inherit #make #nothing #our #truly

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#claims #countries #down #go #going

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#arise #choice #decision #human #loss

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

— Tracey Ullman

#always #characters #doing #gotten #i