In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action. — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“Light is not a moral category but the substance of light itself.” — David Sten Herrstrom Copy Share Image
It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character. — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It takes true strength of character to redefine your limits by pushing past them. — Katherine Reutter Copy Share Image
When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable. — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
In terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago, — Masahiro Sakurai Copy Share Image
I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
When the people you've already worked with are very talented and you know what they can do, if you think of a… — Maurissa Tancharoen Copy Share Image
More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We can't be certain who the villains are cuz everyone's so pretty, but the after party's sure to be the wing-ding as… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero,… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion… — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Man is made and unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons which will destroy him. He also… — James Allen Copy Share Image
I consider it as a foreshadowing of modernity in many different respects, and the consistency of character is interesting to the emerging… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm always conscious of the fact that a book starts, basically, with a kid in a lap, and a parent reading to… — Jon J Muth Copy Share Image
“Reputation is what others think of us; character is what we know of us. When you spend a lot of energy trying… — Tambré Bryant - Strategic Intervention Life Coach Copy Share Image
Really good acting is not about dialogue. It's really just about small moments that really make the whole entire scene and the… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
“The human being is only a reed, the most feeble in nature; but this is a thinking reed. It isn't necessary for… — Pascal Copy Share Image
For women and men, but especially women, with on camera acting you have to look a certain way. You have to present… — Ashly Burch Copy Share Image
The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton Copy Share Image