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Moving Quotes

On change, growth and moving forward.

One quote traces a path from college theater electives to a full relocation out to Los Angeles after graduation, a literal kind of moving. Another uses the word emotionally, describing how choked up a well-known actor became while telling a particular story.

'Braveheart' is one of my favorite movies, and to be part of an epic sprawling period film is on my bucket list: something with some grandeur to it, a really awesome score, something that's just kind of moving, you know.

Quotes by John DeLuca

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

Quotes by John Dingell

Coming from Ireland, it's quite hard to do a startup because you're culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, it's much easier. It's the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood.

Quotes by John Collison

I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.

Quotes by John Corey Whaley

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Quotes by John C. Maxwell

We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them.

Quotes by Johannes Stark

In this post-industrial society, when we're moving away from what was the norm, we have to deal with what it has left in its wake in terms of the impact on people and the environment.

Quotes by Johann Johannsson

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.

Quotes by Joe Biden

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

Quotes by Joe Cocker

We've been trying to get my body and head moving toward the target on the downswing. I have a tendency to hang back and not release the club.

Quotes by Jimmy Walker

Logistically, moving from Miami and New Orleans all the way to Seattle isn't the easiest thing. Really, for my dog, she was kind of the biggest hurdle to get here.

Quotes by Jimmy Graham

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a character or moving a plot.

Quotes by Jim Webb

In turn, more physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers are severely limiting their practices, moving to other states, or simply not providing care.

Quotes by Jim Ryun

I am pleased with the direction we are moving in.

Quotes by Jim Nussle

I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place...

Quotes by Jim Cantalupo

I have always appreciated vintage clothing, but after working on 'Call the Midwife' for six months, I love moving away from vintage in my day-to-day wear.

Quotes by Jessica Raine

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

Quotes by Jerry B. Jenkins

A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd.

Quotes by Jeremy Rifkin

There is a cost that comes with moving schools so often and it's not what I want for my son when he gets older, but it did make me very adaptable. I became aware of what was missing from the...

Quotes by Jennifer Ehle

You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away.

Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

Frequently Asked Questions

Is "moving" used mostly in a physical sense in this collection, or emotionally too?
Both - it covers relocating for a new chapter in life, being emotionally moved by someone else's story, and the more abstract, physics sense of things being in motion.
Is there a personal story about a career and relocation?
Yes - one quote traces a specific path: theater work that "branched into" from college electives, a break "during the summer between my junior and senior year," and eventually, "After I graduated, I ended up moving out to L.A."
Is there a quote about being emotionally moved by someone else?
Yes, one quote is a short, vivid moment: "And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving," describing genuine emotion in someone else's storytelling.
Does this collection touch on physics?
Yes, plainly: one quote reflects on how a major shift in modern physics caused real upheaval in the field, because it shook the very foundations the science had been built on - a reminder that "moving" can describe ideas shifting, not just people or objects.
Is there a quote about accepting change and letting go?
Yes - one quote sums it up simply: "I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on." This same restless, forward-looking spirit runs through the Moving Forward quotes collection.

A more technical quote reflects on how modern physics only truly advanced once its old foundations started to shift beneath it. A closing line keeps things simple, insisting that life itself is really just about moving on. See our forward quotes and always quotes pages.