Character Quotes · Page 203

One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.

— Michel Foucault

Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

— Warren G. Bennis

Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.

— Michael Shellenberger

You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.

— Samantha Morton

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

— Henry David Thoreau

Every day is a blessing in WWE, and I keep reminding myself of that. That's my character.

— Jinder Mahal

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

— Karl Jaspers

The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters.

— Terry Pratchett

I love playing real characters... if they're not around anymore it's helpful because you won't get sued! But there's so much research…

— Andy Serkis

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to…

— Claire Danes

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how…

— Russell Crowe

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is…

— Cate Blanchett

It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go…

— Ti West

James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get…

— Tyrese Gibson

John Woo is a very nice and kind person; he gives almost no direction at all, trusting me to come up with…

— Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.

— Juno Temple

A lot of people think that they are really cool because they don't outline. In my writing group, they would say, "I…

— Matt de la Pena

“It says if you want to have a happy marriage, be the kind of person who generates positive energy and sidesteps negative…

— Stephen R. Covey

David knew that the very quality of his worship was not based on his own volition but on the object of his…

— Laura Story

Because it all derived from Superman. I mean, I love all the characters, but Superman is just this perfect human pop-culture distillation…

— Grant Morrison

'God' is the name given to the most 'important' human idea. In English, as in other languages, the original sense of the…

— Laura Riding

I'm character-driven. If it's a great character and something different; because I find that a lot of the times you do get…

— A. J. Cook

Anyone can hold a grudge, but it takes a person with character to forgive. When you forgive, you release yourself from a…

— Anonymous

I love taking a character and raining holy hell down on them and seeing how they respond, how they react. It's one…

— Blake Crouch

I've changed my character 100 per cent; if not, I could never have become a manager.

— Manuel Pellegrini

“Being of sound mind and character goes a lot further than any reputation!”

— Johnny Sprinkle

Patience and understanding are two rarest virtue humans could have today.

— Wazim Shaw

Attend well to your character, and your reputation will look out for itself.

— Napoleon Hill

moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.

— Ambrose Bierce

My character in 'OK OK' has a lot of attitude, and it is an interesting one.

— Hansika Motwani

We are actors. We can adapt to any different look for the sake of the story and the character.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.

— Andrea Barber

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

— Harland Williams

You cannot go wrong with Bugs Bunny. He's the coolest cartoon character ever. I quote him all the time.

— Tim Daly

I think the character of a man is to establish something where no one else has ever done before.

— Reggie Miller

“Playing safe, hiding among the masses, will rarely get you noticed.”

— Fennel Hudson

When I look back at old footage of me back in the early '90s, it almost looks like a cartoon character, or…

— Chesney Hawkes

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

— John Wooden

I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside' as well.

— Barry Sloane