Quotes About Action

It's time to get mad, Michael. Niceness doesn't count for shit!

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do

One may have spent one's time badly, but one did spend it; one did do something with it, however ill-advised that something may have been. To do something else means a change of habits.

Dear sir, you simply begin. There is no magic method of beginning. If a man standing on the edge of a swimming-bath and wanting to jump into the cold water should ask you, How do I begin to jump? you would merely reply, Just jump. Take hold of your nerves, and jump.

I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun.

When in doubt, say nothing and move on.

There were, however, a few exceptions. One was Norma Dodsworth, the poet, who had not unpleasantly drunk but had been sensible enough to pass out before any violent action proved necessary. He had been deposited, not very gently, on the lawn, where it was hoped that a hyena would give him a rude awakening. For all practical purposes he could, therefore, be regarded as absent.

Otto would pull the trigger at the slightest provocation and you, Michael, would agonize aver its morality even if your life were threatened. I'm the tiebreaker.

On the placidly flowing river of time, he wished only to make a few ripples: he shrank from diverting its course.

Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, and Hal was silent forever.

Otsusta minu üle mu tegude järgi, ehkki neid on vähe, mitte mu sõnade järgi, kuigi neid on palju.

Gücü doÄŸru ÅŸekilde uygularsan bütün siyasal sonuçlar? çözebilirsin.

Please move forward," the voice had interrupted.

Come, Watson, come! he cried. The game is afoot.

Anything is better than stagnation.

I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.

Come, Watson, come!' he cried. 'The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!' Ten minutes later we were both in a cab and rattling through the silent streets on our way to Charing Cross Station.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

My dear Watson, you were born to be a man of action. Your instinct is always to do something energetic.

Suddenly the dreamer disappeared, and Holmes, the man of action, sprang from his chair.

Come, Watson, come! he cried. The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!

Mon esprit est rebelle à toute inaction. Fournissez moi des problèmes,donnez moi du travail ...et la je suis dans mon élément.Je peux alors me passer de stimulants artificiels. Mais j'abhorre la morne routine de l'existence.J'ai un besoin impérieux d'excitation mentale.C'est pour cela que j'exerce cette profession si particulière, ou plutot que je l'ai crée car je suis le seul au monde

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, but the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. When we refuse to see the truth that lies before us because facing it is too hard and scary for us. Because when we acknowledge that light, then we see the monsters the dark no longer hides and we are honor bound to do something to stop them.

Run, you flippin' moron, run!