Action Quotes - page 100

I enjoy the mental gymnastics that go along with matching voice to picture and vice versa and trying to accent the action as opposed to provide all of the action through my words. And that's really what play-by-play is. (Joe Buck)
And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it movement. It really helped, and it was very easy to draw. View quote
Joe Shuster
No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people. View quote
Joe Slovo
There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience. View quote
Joe Wright
I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very smart film and I think that people will feel differently about things when they see it. View quote
Joel Silver
I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them. View quote
Joel Silver
I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that. View quote
Joel Silver
To speak, therefore, of an electric current in the nerves, is to use quite as symbolic an expression as if we compared the action of the nervous principle with light or magnetism. View quote
Johannes Peter Muller
It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind. View quote
Johannes Peter Muller
There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action. View quote
John Henrik Clarke
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. (John Mason Brown)
As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action. View quote
John Olver
The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes. View quote
John Prendergast
The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity. View quote
John Strachan
We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong. View quote
John Thaw
I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis. View quote
John W. Snow
There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic. View quote
John Woo
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. View quote
John Yoo
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot. View quote
Jon Meacham
A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape. View quote
Jonathan Ames
I like action more than anything touchy-feely. (Jordana Brewster)
I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene. View quote
Jose Padilha
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest. View quote
Joseph Lancaster
I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon. View quote
Josh Peck
Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that region are able to pursue it without being stifled by terrorists that are despotic. View quote
Judd Gregg