Character Quotes · Page 235

My characters are not underachievers; they aspire to great things, but they are limited by the world around them.

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

— Desmond Tutu

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.

— Voltaire

Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever.

— Rita Moreno

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

— Anonymous

I always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.

— Freddie Highmore

If Diego Simeone is a gladiator, then Allegri is a man of character and his results speak for him.

— Mario Mandzukic

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.

— Bob Goff

Of course when you toss a stick of dynamite at a cartoon character, he can come back to life again in the…

— Hal Needham

There are some actors that want you to call them by their character's name and they have no relationship with you outside…

— Jeff Bridges

I love to play an indignant, disruptive character who just doesn't have time for nonsense. It's fun to me, because I'm not…

— Ego Nwodim

I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to…

— Michael Pollan

True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in…

— Fielding H. Yost

To play this iconic character from this historically wonderful series of books - who wouldn't take that opportunity and be happy about…

— Kristian Nairn

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

— Booker T. Washington

When you play a character that exists or existed, there's a stronger responsibility that you have. You owe that person and then…

— Johnny Depp

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand…

— Eugene Levy

To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is…

— George Washington

I had to be on the set for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' because my character was interacting with Bob Hoskins. It's a…

— Jim Cummings

The time which passes over our heads so imperceptibly makes the same gradual change in habits, manners and character, as in personal…

— Walter Scott

What a learned idea! Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden…

— Brigham Young

I feel that the thing about film and particularly about TV, actually, is it's being created now. We're living in the best…

— Cynthia Nixon

I do like the idea of the novel of repressed college students being a contemporary novel of courtship! I guess what I…

— Elif Batuman

I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television…

— Elijah Wood

“The test of a mans character is not the mistakes he makes but the way he responds to them. ”

— William Cope Moyers

You can't have bad things happening to characters simply for shock value; you need to provide context.

— Chloe Benjamin

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

— Calvin Coolidge

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor.

— Andy Daly

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

— Alexander Pope

“In the movies, it was always the bad guys that got killed, and the good guys lived happily forever.”

— Fannie Flagg

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.

— Sean Bean

It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.

— Walter Hagen

Writing sketches, youre also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.

— Jim Rash

The main thing I would say is: Lady Loki in the comics is a very different character to our character, obviously.

— Kate Herron

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

— Ronald Reagan

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong

— Henry Louis Mencken

I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that…

— Quentin Tarantino

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over…

— Sally Field

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.

— Britt Robertson