Commit Quotes - Page 20

• I understand that I may make mistakes with characters who don't share my own background, but I commit to doing my best.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Mistake, Character, May

  "Secrets Blog Tour: Interview with Kelley Armstrong & Giveaway". Interview with Melissa Montovani, www.yabookshelf.com. October 1, 2015.

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• If I don't commit to fighting for the future, 20 years later, 30 years later, after the end of the expiration date of the joint declaration, Hong Kong will be more at risk and in greater danger.

  Joshua Wong

  Fighting, Years, Risk

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• So you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.

  Bernie Siegel

  Suicide, Children, Growing Up

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in terms of their capacity for learning.

  Debra Messing

  Children, Self Esteem, Writing

  Source: www.elle.com

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• This choice is yours, and will only be yours, it's up to you to commit.

  Julie Hebert

  Choices, Up To You

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• I would absolutely commit to holding a vote on the hunting ban - I think it is not proven to be in the interests of animal welfare whatsoever.

  Andrea Leadsom

  Animal, Thinking, Hunting

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to pledge to rule on issues in a particular way.

  Chuck Grassley

  Issues, Way, Ruling

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open borders and American people reject that.

  Jeff Sessions

  People, Borders, Argument

  Source: www.politico.com

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• You know, the Constitution - there's nothing like it. But it doesn't necessarily give us the right to commit suicide as a country, OK? ... We're not gonna allow the people to come into our country. ... And if people want to come in, there's gonna be "Extreme vetting."

  Donald Trump

  Country, Suicide, People

  "The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence". "60 MInutes" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. July 17, 2016.

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• There is nothing that exists, that is not existing perfectly, which includes every thought we have, every word we speak, and every action we commit. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with me, with you, with them.

  Bryan Kest

  Words We Speak, Action, Speak

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• You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

  Paul Watson

  Violence, Living Things, Objects

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• If you don't have customers to sell to, you can't commit to anything with textile factories or manufacturing factories because you don't know if you'll be able to sell the quantities they're asking you to fill.

  Fred Foster

  Asking, Textiles, Able

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

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• I find that many people have a hard time, at first, in painting a compelling image of an achievable future; to envision their legacy, that is. Often this is because they're afraid to commit for fear of failure.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Hard Times, People, Legacy

  "Stewart D. Friedman on 'Leading the Life You Want'". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. August 22, 2016.

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• If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll never really fully commit to who it is and what it is that you're playing.

  Ray Liotta

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Ray Liotta On 'Goodfellas,' Acting And His Return To TV". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 12, 2016.

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• If the price of the drug people want to use is through the roof, well then they're going to have to commit crimes to get the money to get the drug. You don't see any crimes committed over a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of beer, do you?

  Jesse Ventura

  Beer, People, Drug

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to him (as he would to a hardened sinner) that he go and commit fornication or go and steal. He knows we do not want that and he does not set out to tell us something we do not want to hear; but he finds out that little bit of self-will or self-righteousness and through that, with the appearance of well doing, he will do us harm.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Men, Self

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• The Christians do not commit adultery. They do not bear false witness. They do not covet their neighbor's goods. They honor father and mother. They love their neighbors. They judge justly. They avoid doing to others what they do not wish done to them. They do good to their enemies. They are kind.

  Aristides of Athens

  Christian, Mother, Father

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• Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing. I think it is very usual and natural for a writer to commit suicide, because in order to keep on writing he must be a very strong person.

  Kobo Abe

  Suicide, Strong, Writing

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• When I commit to working with an artist, I give them as much respect as I would like and if I'm not going to commit that way, then I don't want to work with you.

  Wayne White

  Artist, Giving, Want

  Source: screenanarchy.com

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• The church still meets people at the transition points. Marriages break down. Children commit suicide and leave helpless parents. Death and suffering are everywhere.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Suicide, Children, People

  Source: verticallivingministries.com

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• One of the things that's really fun to tap in with television right now is this sort of explosion, the peak TV moment that we're in, people are exploring different modes of storytelling here. But one of the exciting things here is being able to commit upfront to a big, big, big story.

  Jonathan Nolan

  Fun, People, Different

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy.

  Parker Posey

  Heart, People, Focus

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I just love those [saying of Christ ]: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do. I thirst. It is finished. Into Your hands I commit My spirit. Today you will be with Me in paradise." That was really the heart of the second book I wrote called No Wonder They Call Him Savior.

  Max Lucado

  Father, Book, Heart

  Source: www.sermoncentral.com

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• Young black men are guilty of criminal behavior not because of the alleged crimes they might commit but because they are the product of a collective imagination paralyzed by the racism of a white supremacist culture they can only view them as a dangerous nightmare.

  Henry Giroux

  Men, Views, White

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• New Zealanders are so chill. I know they say Australians are chill, and I feel like Australians are chill, but I keep thinking, "If they get drunk, they would commit a hate crime." Now that is an extreme position to take, but it's just a feeling I get. New Zealand people, I don't see that.

  Hari Kondabolu

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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