Reaction and non-action both create karma, but conscious action transcends karma. Votes: 3
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarOur age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. Votes: 1
Reinhold NiebuhrKarate is action, survival, living; hesitation is paralysis, reaction, mortality Votes: 0
Soke Behzad AhmadiPerhaps art is simply an organism's reaction against its retentive limitations. Votes: 0
Joseph BrodskyThe only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense. Votes: 0
Kathy AckerThe reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettIt is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph. Votes: 0
Robert FrankNo growth without resistance. No action without reaction. No desire without restraint. Votes: 0
Li MuThe August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation. Votes: 0
Francois FuretAll reaction is limited by, and dependant on, what it is reacting against. Votes: 0
Gloria E. AnzaldúaThe wrong Democratic reaction to a stupid Republican utterance is to play hurt. Votes: 0
Hooman MajdI'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal. Votes: 0
Jean Paul GaultierSometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all. Votes: 0
Frank IeroHomes-the very idea of homeownership-evoke a strong emotional reaction in all of us. Votes: 0
Spencer RascoffTo worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction. Votes: 0
Hans HofmannExtremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism. Votes: 0
Antoine RivarolMan is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaWhen the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian. Votes: 0
E. Stanley Jones...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. Votes: 0
Jenny LawsonThe enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength. Votes: 0
Saul AlinskyI think there's been a reaction to the user generation source of travel information, Votes: 0
Arthur FrommerReligion does not belong to God; it belongs to the human reaction against mortality! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanUsually, if I think something is really funny, it doesn't get any reaction whatsoever. Votes: 0
David SedarisYou're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty. Votes: 0
Kelli Jae BaeliPolitics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction. Votes: 0
John AvlonFor every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction. Votes: 0
Norman Ralph AugustineChildren key off their parents' reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself. Votes: 0
Po BronsonThe starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers. Votes: 0
Paul KantnerStress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves. Votes: 0
Brian TracyThe truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention. Votes: 0
Del CloseHe was acting like our kiss had broken him, and his reaction was breaking me. Votes: 0
Shannon A. ThompsonI have a really embarrassing reaction to horror films. I break out in a fever. Votes: 0
Juliet RylanceThere isn't any art until some creature sees and consumes it. And has a reaction. Votes: 0
Richard ArtschwagerOne of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction... Votes: 0
Clay ShirkyI like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance. Votes: 0
Kurt CobainToo often we worry about how the others react-but it's YOUR reaction that they monitor. Votes: 0
Sam CawthornThere's no woman that's crazy for no reason. That behavior is a reaction. Believe that. Votes: 0
Mirjana PuharWhen something comes up that attacks peoples beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear. Votes: 0
J. D. PardoWhen something comes up that attacks people's beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear. Votes: 0
J. D. PardoTelevision has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. Votes: 0
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.A clever schoolboy's reaction to his reading is most naturally expressed by parody or imitation. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisYou can't enter a contest emotionally charged. It clouds your judgment, it clouds your reaction. Votes: 0
Conor McGregorWhenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections. Votes: 0
Henry B. EyringExperiments that crash atoms together could start a chain reaction that erodes everything on Earth. Votes: 0
Martin ReesJesus did not live in reaction to the devil. He lived in response to the Father. Votes: 0
Bill JohnsonThis is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world. Votes: 0
Billy CorganIt is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy. Votes: 0
Yoshijiro UmezuIt's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that. Votes: 0
John Hawkes[removing Saddam] "would start a chain reaction in the Arab world that would be very healthy Votes: 0
William KristolSo many social changes are as irreversible as the reaction when sodium is thrown into water. Votes: 0
Gunnar MyrdalThe thought "It's impossible" sets off a chain reaction of other thoughts to prove you're right. Votes: 0
David J. SchwartzA fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction. Votes: 0
PlatoI'm obsessed with sparkle for men. It's so funny watching people's reaction to a disco-ball shoe! Votes: 0
Brad GoreskiWith something like Chernobyl, the public reaction was Oh, my God, science has really done wrong. Votes: 0
George SmootI like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. Votes: 0
Jim MorrisonIf I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are. Votes: 0
Michael CaineA great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it. Votes: 0
Spike JonzeThey want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh. Votes: 0
Barry SonnenfeldWhen punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time. Votes: 0
Anna SuiI've often mused over the idea that madness is actually a sane reaction to an insane world. Votes: 0
Stephanie EricssonThe first reaction is, get defensive. Second reaction is, what are we going to do about it? Votes: 0
Henry BlodgetAll art is concerned with the creation of an emotional reaction on the part of the beholder. Votes: 0
Maren ElwoodAre you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have? Votes: 0
Jiddu KrishnamurtiAnger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction. Votes: 0
Mark McCormackThe reaction was immediate. The blood flow was in proportion to how much the painting was liked. Votes: 0
Semir ZekiIn every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked. Votes: 0
Arthur KeithWhat does despair mean to someone who interprets that emotion as a chemical reaction in the brain~? Votes: 0
Mitchell HeismanLanguage that tells us, through a more or less emotional reaction, something that can not be said. Votes: 0
Edwin Arlington RobinsonDo not jump into reaction mode at the first appearance of negative energy. Just breathe, and relax. Votes: 0
Neale Donald WalschThe work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it. Votes: 0
Nic PizzolattoA lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit. Votes: 0
Little RichardThere is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction. Votes: 0
Giancarlo EspositoMy best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me. Votes: 0
Michael EisnerThe perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. Votes: 0
Samuel AlexanderI love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience. Votes: 0
Gavin RossdaleWhen you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it. Votes: 0
Adam LambertEach one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound. Votes: 0
Erica JongNever try to sell at the top. It isn't wise. Sell after a reaction if there is no rally. Votes: 0
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreI was annoyed and I was crying [her honest reaction to losing a tennis match at the US Open] Votes: 0
Shahar Pe'erIt's so fun to hear the reaction from Martin Scorsese as he sees you nude for the first time. Votes: 0
Henry ZebrowskiI think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it. Votes: 0
Rita Mae BrownHow do you know you have a servant's heart? Look at your reaction when you are treated like one. Votes: 0
Erwin W. LutzerI have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction. Votes: 0
William HagueCan you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? Votes: 0
Max LucadoI don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored. Votes: 0
Les DawsonThe starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers. Votes: 6 Paul Kantner
It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in. Votes: 3 Julian Assange
When we smile, the muscles around our mouth are stretched and relaxed, just like doing yoga. Smiling is mouth yoga. We release the tension from our face as we smile. Others who run into us notice it, even strangers, and are likely to smile back. It is a wonderful chain reaction that we can initiate, touching the joy in anyone we encounter. Smiling is an ambassador of goodwill. Votes: 4 Nhat Hanh
Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year. Votes: 4 Yakov Smirnoff
Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason is terrifying. But, what scares me is the human reaction to it and how people behave when the rules of civility and society are obliterated. Votes: 2 Eli Roth
I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately trying to show the human body as whole and relatively healthy. Votes: 3 Philip Pearlstein
Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. Votes: 2 Henri Cartier-Bresson
German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature. Votes: 1 Pankaj Mishra
As you get older as a comedian and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction. Votes: 1 Patton Oswalt
Is it or is it not ethical to create an embryo, and to create a person for the purpose of getting an organ to give to someone else? Your knee-jerk reaction is 'absolutely not;' but you need the ethical analysis of that to show why and how that is something that you need to stay away from. Votes: 1 Anthony Fauci
It is such a disappointment in American political reaction and actions. When some of our politicians are flying around the country in private airplanes all the time, using public services as their mode of private transportation, and then criticizing us who are in business. Votes: 3 Arnold Palmer
To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants and altitude. But it is hugely important to find out if there are side effects. We should also find out what are the effects on fine motor skills and reaction time. These are all important questions that should be assessed. Votes: 3 Dale Archer