Reaction Quotes - page 20

When a person is dispossessed of his land, there is a reaction and you have to deal with the reaction properly. You just can't deal with the reaction by giving him money. (Kushal Pal Singh)
There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character. View quote
Kathryn Bigelow
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to love them and felt stupid for my immediate reaction towards their work. View quote
Leo Fitzpatrick
My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming. View quote
Lionel Barber
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders. View quote
Lucy Powell
My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again. View quote
Laura Marling
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita' is that book for me. Nabokov's love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. View quote
Marisha Pessl
To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back. View quote
Marianne Faithfull
Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that. View quote
Beck Bennett
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind. View quote
Edward Walker
Realize that a Muslim will know that his wife was seen naked in this machine. You know what would be the reaction?... Terrible. I believe there's technology out there that can identify bomb-type materials without necessarily, overly invading our privacy. (Isaac Yeffet)
I couldn't hope to be in anything better than 'Misfits.' The reaction from fans has been mental. The weirdest thing is when people tell me I'm their inspiration. I can't believe I get fan mail, and loads of free clothes. Adidas sent me lots of stuff; it's wicked! View quote
Lauren Socha
The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction. View quote
Mary Ann Mobley
The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it. View quote
Mary Quant
Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet. View quote
Matthew Lillard
My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me. View quote
Michael Eisner
People often ask whether Obama passes the 'kishka test:' whether he likes Israel special, not in the same way he likes Taiwan or South Korea? Does he? I think the kishka test was decided when he visited Israel. I think the reaction there was emotional and genuine. View quote
Michael Oren
We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things. View quote
Minnie Pearl
Risk is the sort of word that is easy to discuss upfront but tough to handle when it comes time to pay the piper. There will always be some who wimp out and second-guess when the pain hits, but that is a childish reaction. View quote
Nathan Myhrvold
The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it. View quote
Nic Pizzolatto
I can't find anything wrong with Ashton Kutcher. I think he's great. It's odd that in America there's a very mixed reaction to him. I think those that have only seen him on 'Punk'd' or 'That 70s Show' get him wrong. There's much more to him than those characters or that persona he plays in those shows. (Nigel Cole)
There's something really vulnerable about playing something that you like for someone. You don't know what their reaction will be. View quote
Noah Baumbach
Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure. View quote
Richard Schiff
You could have another downgrade. You could certainly have a stock market reaction that would be negative. And, I think nobody who looks at it objectively would want to happen. View quote
Rob Portman
It's not the situation... It's your reaction to the situation. View quote
Robert Conklin