Character Quotes · Page 215

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.

— Dick Francis

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else Is else, and without praise.”

— Tiruvalluvar

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.

— Elizabeth Moon

We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.

— Wilhelm Wundt

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

— Tacitus

I'm not that interested in someone that one-dimensional, but I'm interested in playing somebody that's more complicated.

— Robert Redford

The reason why there are so many characters who suffer in my games is that I want to show reality.

— Yoko Taro

Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it…

— Jaime Ray Newman

I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm…

— Jeff Koons

Usually when you have a sequel, the character always stays the same and that's true basically of 'Rocky III,' 'IV' and 'V.'…

— Irwin Winkler

I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the…

— Lisa Gardner

I think that a costume can really help in embodying a character. So dressing up in something completely different to what you…

— Phoebe Dynevor

With TV, your structure is determined by the series not the episode. You can have incident without consequence to the character, but…

— Steven Knight

I don't think it should matter to the American people what color skin is on their president. What should matter is the…

— Dennis Haysbert

Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of…

— Ned Sublette

You can actually improvise a lot as a voice actor. It's not that entirely different than shooting a live action movie; the…

— Seth Rogen

When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do…

— Anonymous

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and…

— James Allen

Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

The social intuitionist model offers an explanation of why moral and political arguments are so frustrating: because moral reasons are the tail…

— Jonathan Haidt

Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things…

— Florence Nightingale

“The development of an image is a mysterious thing: once a public figure has been cast in a public role, it is…

— Theodore H. White

What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.

— Bertrand Russell

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

— Spike Jonze

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

— Socrates

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

— Grenville Kleiser

The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.

— Samuel Smiles

Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.

— Isaiah Washington

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

— Bill Skarsgard

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

— Ezra Taft Benson

I'd love to play Venom. I'm a huge 'Spider-Man' fan, and Venom was the character that drew me into the comics.

— Sheamus

That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.

— Rhys Darby

Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.

— Anonymous

There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait.

— Travis Beacham

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

— Anonymous

I've actually always wanted to play the character a bit 'off'. I think that could be fun.

— Christopher Sieber

The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.

— Richard Morris

A person's bad attitude towards you is not a reflection of your character but a reflection of theirs.

— Rashida Rowe