Action Quotes

"In Britain, they have a lot of laws to protect you, and we enforce them very strongly so that our children can stay private figures, and the British press leave us alone, which is great. It means we can go on the Tube into the centre of London because it's quicker and more fun for the kids. We can do normal things."

"My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me."

"I'll immediately gain, like, 5 pounds even just by thinking about cutting out dessert. It's a nightmare. I decided, for me, the healthiest thing was to eat what I want and just exercise. Some women can watch what they eat, but I just can't do that."

"We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel."

"So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'"

"Always do everything you ask of those you command."

"Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf."

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did."

"'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?"

"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there."

"Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant."

"Where the senses fail us, reason must step in."

"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."

"I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted."

"Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before."

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting."

"There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means."

"Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action."

"I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me."

"Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another."