Character Quotes · Page 271

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.

— Ida Tarbell

In 'The Humans,' there's a gay character, and the fact that she's gay is probably the least interesting thing about her.

— Joe Mantello

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

— Howard Barker

I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively.

— Jared Harris

I tend to use a lot of movement in both camera and characters, and I also tend to give characters a lot…

— Kari Skogland

Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have.

— Alexander Pope

The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy.

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

Character is a word that seems to define almost all human activity and then some

— Richard Reeves

I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different.…

— Ryan Gosling

The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates…

— Anonymous

“My mother once said, 'If you come across a man with more than one personality, you can be sure he's looking for…

— Anonymous

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

— James Monroe

I thought my character definitely was very much in love with him and wanted to be with him, but I think at…

— Rosario Dawson

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a…

— Simon Helberg

Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to…

— Hugh Prather

It was the most pleasurable thing I've ever done, playing this character, and I just remember feeling so at home and so…

— Jenna Elfman

Do not yield to Satan's enticements; rather, stand firm for truth. The unsatisfied yearnings of the soul will not be met by…

— Thomas S. Monson

There are moments, moments of fun but it's never necessarily a wink/wink. It's just interesting and odd and crazy things happen inside…

— Todd Farmer

I want to view my own efforts to write a novel as a function of my own artistic aspirations rather than a…

— Steve Almond

Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, and words, and thoughts; daily forgivenesses, unselfishness, kindnesses, sympathies, charities, sacrifices for the good…

— John Ross Macduff

The Time that Remains is a way of interpreting a certain ambience or emotion. These are the stories that my father told…

— Elia Suleiman

Whenever I write for television, I plan the story on whiteboard wallpaper in my office, using a system created by the American…

— Graham Linehan

When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about…

— Lindsay Mendez

Aunt May's values and Spiderman's traumas are kind of what's defined him as a young boy and now that he's becoming a…

— Marisa Tomei

A psychological explanation of our feelings is not a moral explanation of our conduct.

— James Rachels

“This is what makes leftists leftists: an unearned sense of moral superiority over you.”

— Ben Shapiro

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore

— Alex Carey

I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy.

— Kirsten Dunst

In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal…

— Albert Einstein

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but…

— Katherine Paterson

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

— Brad Falchuk

Elegance is a statement, an attitude. Elegant women are women of character with confidence.

— Elie Saab

Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.

— Ally Carter

The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak.

— Susie Dent

“A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.”

— Confucius

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

— Thomas Jefferson

Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.

— Elif Batuman

Honestly, being a liar or user is nothing to be proud of. If you think it is your morals are questionable.

— Sonya Parker

Kimbo Slice is a character in a world of energy when it comes to the art of fighting.

— Frank Shamrock