“In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.” — Dave Barry
“Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.” — Joseph Butler
“There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.” — Anne Campbell
“One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.” — Ann Radcliffe
“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams
“In the act of perception there are accordingly these two things, the mind engaged in a certain act, and the thing called the tree which is not mental.” — Samuel Alexander
“In the time since passage of the act, there have been many successes as a result of the measures put into place by the PATRIOT Act.” — Jo Bonner
“If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.” — Nelson DeMille
“The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act expires at the end of this year. Thus, we must act quickly to ensure our constituents continue to receive the services they enjoy.” — Eliot Engel
“In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.” — Roy Barnes
“Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.” — Christopher Dawson
“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” — Pablo Picasso