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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.

I'm Not Afraid of the Police' is the first song I wrote and recorded since moving back to Los Angeles. It's a loud-pop, crazy-guitar, big-harmony song with all the police sirens created by guitars and ADA flangers.

Quotes by Paul Gilbert

If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another.

Quotes by Paul Bowles

Moreover, the concern of some that moving DNA among species would breach customary breeding barriers and have profound effects on natural evolutionary processes has substantially disappeared as the science revealed that such exchanges occur in nature.

Quotes by Paul Berg

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

Quotes by Patti Davis

I really just sat down to write. I mean, I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that.

Quotes by Patti Davis

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Quotes by Pat Riley

One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

My father was a coach, so there was a lot of moving around, not having a base.

Quotes by Paolo Maldini

I have to keep moving and keep working hard.

Quotes by P. V. Sindhu

I'm moving forward to do the best.

Quotes by Pablo Sandoval

I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are.

Quotes by Pablo Schreiber

In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was moving instruments quite a lot during the set.

Quotes by P. J. Harvey

I'm a fan of stuff that's on the radio that just gets you moving or whatever, and you're in the car.

Quotes by Orianthi

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

Quotes by Omar Khayyam

Every actor has to move in a Terrence Malick film - that's the requirement. If you stop, he'll tell you, 'No, no, keep moving.' You can't be static. It's a choreography.

Quotes by Olga Kurylenko

I wouldn't say I'm moving to America; I certainly would say that I'm just staying there; and I certainly wouldn't advise anyone to come here unless they've got an extensive CV in the U.K.; you have to build your career...

Quotes by Nonso Anozie

Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all...

Quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus

Two things revolutionised life: moving to the countryside and falling in love.

Quotes by Nick Love

I set a goal for myself in being an actor and moving out to L.A., and I really felt I had achieved it when I landed 'Shameless.'

Quotes by Nick Gehlfuss

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.