Quotes About Action

Direct threats require decisive action.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

The greatest threats to North Dakota are policies coming out of Washington, D.C. I see it every day and feel a sense of responsibility to do something about it.

The Attorney General must identify threats to Illinoisans' financial security and take action to protect people.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives - it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of success: passion, planning, and perseverance.

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold.

One thing I can't prove, but I firmly believe is that two men were put on this earth - one threw a punch and a third guy came over and watched. And that happened before anybody ever threw or kicked a ball.

When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism.

'Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller.

In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be.

It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

A woman director is not obliged to make a feminist film. She can make what she wants, a thriller, an action film, a comedy, or whatever, but hopefully, she will be informed by a gaze that is female.

'Jack Ryan' is a very fast-paced, very contemporary, very action-driven thriller.

I love the thriller genre generally. I like murder mysteries and those kinds of adventure stories.

I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day.

A thriller or an action movie would entice me. A sportsperson or a musician's biopic sounds exciting, too.

I like crime thrillers. I like heist movies.

The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

I write crime novels and thrillers - I'm a big fan of cops. You can never forget that they run towards what everyone else runs away from.