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On telling right from wrong, and acting on it.

These good action quotes suggest that recognizing right from wrong is rarely as hard as it sounds, often coming as an instant, gut-level flash rather than a long debate. One line even claims a good action performed well can echo for all eternity.

Last Updated on Aug 02, 2026

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Nov 07, 2020

I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.

Quotes by Adam Scott

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Nov 07, 2020

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Nov 07, 2020

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Nov 07, 2020

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

Quotes by Mary McCarthy

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Nov 07, 2020

Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.

Quotes by Dolph Lundgren

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Nov 07, 2020

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

Quotes by Charles Lamb

Nov 07, 2020

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

Nov 07, 2020

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

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Nov 07, 2020

There's good action stars. I'm a bad-guy action star. What disappoints me is when you all of a sudden you get a good action star and then he wants to play a comedy with kids, you know? That upsets me, and that's not being true to your fans.

A more playful entry looks at typecasting in Hollywood, where being a good action star can limit the roles offered next. For more, see action quotes and great actor quotes.

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