Actions
ac·tion
A0070100 (ăk′shən)Actions
See Also: BEHAVIOR, CAUTION, LEAPING, JUMPING, MOVEMENT, VIOLENCE
- Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming —B. C. Forbes
- The actions of men are like the index of a book; they point out what is most remarkable in them —Heinrich Heine
- Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year —Sir John Denham
- [Meaningless] actions that seemed like a charade played behind thick glass —Franz Werfel
See Also: IMPORTANCE/UNIMPORTANCE
- All action is involved in imperfection, like fire and smoke —Bhagavad-Gita
- Driven to make a move, like a dilatory chess player prodded on by an impatient opponent —Harvey Swados
- Evil deeds are like perfume, difficult to hide —George Herzog
- A good deed will stick out with an inclination to spread like the tail of a peacock —Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms
- Our deeds are like children born to us; they live and act apart from our own will —George Eliot
- Our least deed, like the young of the land crab, wends its way to the sea of cause and effect as soon as born, and makes a drop there to eternity —Henry David Thoreau
- Reprehensible actions are like overstrong brandies; you cannot swallow them at a draught —Victor Hugo
- The acts of my life swarm down the street like Puerto Rican kids —William Meredith
- Trying to shake off the sun as a dog would shake off the sea —James Dickey
- The vilest deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air —Oscar Wilde