Action Quotes

"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them."

"There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies."

"Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more."

"It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had."

"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it."

"You do the work and you want people to see it but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way."

"A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success."

"You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it."

"I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it."

"I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do."

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."

"I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know."

"Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less."

"Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society."

"I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security."

"I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored."

"Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society."

"Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way."

"I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it."

"Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it."