I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The really cool thing about when you're playing a comic book character is that no one knows what he sounds like. — Josh McDermitt Copy Share Image
I am struck by the wild character of this land and, as the Kazak herders often do, I have the urge to… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Miracles have no claim whatever to the character of historical facts and are wholly invalid as evidence of any revelation. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character? — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
A pre-nup is an insurance policy or, in brokerage terms, a short hedge - meant to mitigate a high-risk investment. It safeguards… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The American people understand that what makes the nation great is not people's bloodlines or how long ago their ancestors arrived here,… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
Every character I do is something special to me. Every time you score with a great character relationship in a movie, it… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“Obedience is the virtue that determines whether a person is either a servant or a rebel. Life of integrity is built on… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
For me what was very important was to try to capture the essence that might have existed behind the myth, the human… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
“Moral matrices bind people together and blind them to the coherence, or even existence, of other matrices. This makes it very difficult… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to get right is to figure out how to bring all those characters together, and to fulfill the promise… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
You travel life has the aspect of a dream. It is something outside the normal, yet you are in it. It is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
If the character should be nude in the scene and it makes sense and I trust the person making the film then… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
“Happiness and goodness, according to canting moralists, stand in the relation of effect and cause. There was never anything less proved or… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I have a real passion for playing a role that's a strong female character, that's just not typical, with a lot of… — Missy Peregrym Copy Share Image
The thing I always guard against when I'm talking to people I'm working with about a script is that there's a thing… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence. — Jordan Dane Copy Share Image
Great direction, great acting partner, great character backstory - these are all rare luxuries to have in the room. — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
“A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.” — Wayde Goodall Copy Share Image
“do: PERIODICALLY INSPECT YOURSELF FOR CHARACTER ARMOR: PREJUDICES, RIGID THINKING, AUTOMATIC JUDGMENTS, DIFFICULTY LISTENING.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Anyone who thinks about it can see that for human beings the teaching and following of morality is something necessary.” — Philippa Foot Copy Share Image
Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul. — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
Like heterosexuality, faith in immaterial realities is popularly considered essential to individual morality. — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You don't have to be an All-American. You just have to have character and courage, and I take that message very seriously. — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform. — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop… — Edward J. Flanagan Copy Share Image
I feel Hansa is an evergreen character which has been a sheer pleasure to perform. — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Strong is the heart of peace - Gentle are the hands of love. ~Jordan Blake Michiels~ — Jordan Blake Michiels Copy Share Image
