Action Quotes

"War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will."

"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure."

"There is little more powerful than when truth joins action."

"People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth."

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."

"I say that justice is truth in action."

"So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge."

"My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues."

"What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?"

"No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time."

"I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things."

"I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court."

"Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment."

"Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do."

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."

"If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist."

"Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up."

"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."

"I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet."

"I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do."