Live Action Short

Famous quotes containing the words live, action and/or short:

    In this country ... men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.
    Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886)

    Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?—Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action that is done with deliberation, the worst as well as the best.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and could not bear the thought of putting myself in any man’s power for life only from a present capricious inclination.
    Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)