Character Quotes · Page 171

Put your characters where they are the most interesting.

— James D. Macdonald

“Moral speculation was puny compared to moral action.”

— Paul Kalanithi

But rules cannot substitute for character.

— Alan Greenspan

Prove to your haters that you are too big to hate back.

— Terry Mark

Hot Heads And Cold Hearts Can Never Solve Anything.

— Pacifiersucker

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.

— Claudius Claudianus

“Success is nothing without morals”

— Fayrouz Yasser

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

— George Bernard Shaw

Morality has nothing to do with sports. Bad people can be good at sports and good people can be bad at sports.

— Greg Howard

“writing about something was not the moral equivalent of doing it,”

— Ralph Keyes

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.

— Jerry Falwell

It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill.

— Jerry Reed

Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.

— Paul Tillich

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a…

— Sylvester Stallone

Nobody can ever describe how much you explore a character on a Peter Berg movie until you're doing it.

— Lauren Cohan

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

— Alex Kapranos

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly…

— Charles Babbage

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an…

— Marcelene Cox

You have to protect the integrity of the show, your health, the character, all those things. So it's just about finding the…

— Dianna Agron

Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus…

— Kwame Kilpatrick

I grew up watching 'Magnum, P.I.' and shows like that, where you could develop a character over eight seasons, with stories along…

— Jonathan Nolan

Vince was so great at the 'Mr. McMahon' character that some people think he wouldn't want to help people in real life,…

— Jim Ross

So I never spend a lot of time analyzing why people respond to my work. But I think that it's just the…

— Michael J. Fox

“It's impressive when you're such a mysterious fictional character that even avid enthusiasts are debating your existence within the mythos.”

— Ben Thompson

Your character is the master of your destiny. The combined weight of a steadfast character, positive values and human strengths contributes to…

— Babloo

True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the…

— Pope John Paul II

Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be…

— Alvan Macauley

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be…

— Maeve Binchy

I have a little sister, and I'm constantly annoyed [by] how terribly written most females are in most everything - and especially…

— Jay Baruchel

There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's…

— Olivia Thirlby

The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling;…

— Scott Snyder

Our Lord's miracles were all essential parts of His one consistent life. They were wrought as evidences not only of His power,…

— James McCosh

Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.

— Bill Watterson

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

— Aristotle

“Virtue is admirable, but boring.”

— John Twelve Hawks

But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood.

— Edmund Waller

I love playing loud, indignant, disruptive characters.

— Ego Nwodim

None of my characters have really had jobs.

— Lauren Graham

My style of play has a lot of character.

— Vinicius Junior

I'm a subjectivist about morality.

— Dale Jamieson