Character Quotes · Page 280

“the morality of capitalism, just like the morality of democracy, is rooted in consent.”

— Dinesh D'Souza

Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.

— Dolly Parton

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

— Alphonse Karr

I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.

— Jamie Luner

Christianity knows no truth which is not the child of love and the parent of duty.

— Phillips Brooks

I grew up watching Scooby Doo and Thelma was my favourite character.

— MyAnna Buring

A mother's example sketches the outline of her child's character.

— Tim Howard

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

— Zig Ziglar

My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment.…

— Bo Burnham

“While the Giver archetype is celebrated in our culture, the Receiver is almost wholly unknown. The result? Busyness is a virtue. ~Amanda…

— Amanda Owen

I've always been short and stocky. So when I got into repertory theatre after graduation, I found myself doing character roles: because…

— David Suchet

Life experiences help in understanding the character. And many things come to your mind regarding the character sketch when you read the…

— Koel Mallick

I really love him [Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in Game of Thrones] - I love watching that character. It's quite phenomenal how…

— Taika Waititi

She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not…

— Patrick Rothfuss

You can never judge your characters. You have to love them, really care about them. You're never just playing a villain or…

— Annabella Sciorra

In this day and age, some turn 18 and think they're a man or a woman and that's it, but that's just…

— Orlando McGuire

Lawyers, before any other group, must continue to point out how the system is really working-how it actually affects real people. They…

— William J. Brennan

What makes You Can't Take It With You so popular and a perennial favorite with student and amateur productions (it continues to…

— Chris Hart

It’s wonderful, it’s expressive. It’s a way of using a part of my instrument that I’m comfortable and familiar with. The voice…

— Gina Torres

Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry…

— Daniel Handler

As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the…

— Coretta Scott King

Courage is a moral quality; it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold…

— Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran

I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering…

— Lin Shaye

“You can find dozens of examples of this kind of liberal-class virtue-quest if you try, but instead of listing them, let me…

— Thomas Frank

“What used to be moral is aesthetic for us. What was social is now individual.”

— Fernando Pessoa

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

— Bayard Taylor

“My Son-in-law astutely observes that a Man’s sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases,”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Poverty of character is not a personality flaw,its is the bankruptcy of morals”

— Bluenscottish

Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.

— William Osler

Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play.

— Shaggy

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

— Oswald Chambers

Of course, every city has its own character, but I enjoy coming to Delhi.

— Akshaye Khanna

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

— Harry Hamlin

A part of my job, when I'm playing a character and approaching a role, is to rationalize and to not judge whatsoever.

— Melissa Benoist

Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.

— Billy Bob Thornton

A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.

— Nicholas Johnson

The process of rehearsal means you learn so much and really get the chance to develop your work on a character.

— Adam Garcia

I have lost close to 20 kilos, and it has kind of helped prepare my character for 'Sanam Teri Kasam.'

— Harshvardhan Rane

If there's one movie character that I wish I could be, for sure it's Travis Bickle.

— Gaspar Noe

Therefore the great mediator of any community is human morality.

— Armstrong Williams