Character Quotes · Page 196

Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.

— Benjamin Carson

“It was hard to judge a man's full character by his bachelor party etiquette.”

— Lola Dodge

“Typically in a world that has shunned goodness and morals, the villain is the hero.”

— J.C. Wickhart

A sense of morality makes a person repetitive in thought and action. Such a person will obviously not get anywhere.

— Jaggi Vasudev

History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

— Ludwig Borne

It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.

— Ruba Nadda

You don't have to kill somebody to play a murderer. You have to read the script and interpret the character.

— Denzel Washington

I'd like to create a character that is completely appalling, that it would make the audience tremble.

— Choi Woo-shik

We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues.

— Betsy DeVos

“...So that someone might want to put you in a book...So that you may be worth putting in a book...Live like a…

— J.M. Coetzee

TV has become long-form now. A season can be like a 13-hour film, separated into episodes, so you can analyse a character…

— Ashley Zukerman

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy…

— Juliette Binoche

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character…

— William J. Clinton

As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings…

— Mahatma Gandhi

True love is a high and holy principle, altogether different in character from that love which is awakened by impulse and which…

— Anonymous

Once the audience has to use themselves to cross the distance to the character, that's what's really exciting. That's when it starts…

— Dallas Roberts

But I was always much more interested in reading fashion magazines than I was music magazines when I was a teenager. Just…

— Florence Welch

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about…

— Anne Lamott

The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband,…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

There is nothing that so raises a young man's self-esteem, that so contributes to the formation of his character as for him…

— Stefan Zweig

I thought, "Oh, my god, that's what happens every time I talk with a journalist in the middle of shooting and I…

— Donald Sutherland

Cyborg represents not just people who are differently abled: he is also a representation of the black community and people of colour…

— Ray Fisher

Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was great and Robin Williams was unbelievable as…

— Zachary Levi

To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which…

— Harold B. Lee

I love every character in the DC universe, except for Rampage. Rampage is a She-Hulk rip-off, and I like She-Hulk.

— Geoff Johns

Whenever I like a character or a script, I take up the project and leave the rest to the audience.

— Rajkummar Rao

I do love editorials - you're free to do whatever you want and portray a different character.

— Jacquelyn Jablonski

I think initially we wanted to use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect.

— Joe Shuster

'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.

— Akira Toriyama

Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

— Charles Lamb

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

— Elle Macpherson

I like nothing more than a character sacrificing himself or herself for the sake of others. That's drama at its finest for…

— Bryan Konietzko

Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And…

— Jessie Buckley

I'm basically drawn to defeated, injured, hurt, barely walking characters.

— Steven Shainberg

Hearing the faraway sounds of children at recess makes me understand that I am no longer life's main character.

— Alec Sulkin

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

— Mike Tyson

“She was herself in their company but a very specific version of herself.”

— Sara Sheridan

The state accumulates moral power only through the spiritual activity of their citizens.

— Mary Parker Follett

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

— John C. Maxwell

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt