Character Quotes · Page 287

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy.

— John Cheever

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished…

— Sallust

Diego Costa is Diego Costa. He scores goals. He is an animated character and he is a big personality.

— Gary Cahill

As actors, we are selfish. When listening to a story, we think of the significance of our character in that story.

— Neha Sharma

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

— Karl Kraus

I think I would want to be known for playing unlikeable characters that you like anyway.

— Rachel Sennott

To me, any character that is conflicted inside as well as outside of themselves is always a better role to play.

— Brent Sexton

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

— Rachel Weisz

We can't be certain who the villains are cuz everyone's so pretty, but the after party's sure to be the wing-ding as…

— Sheryl Crow

The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero,…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

When the people you've already worked with are very talented and you know what they can do, if you think of a…

— Maurissa Tancharoen

I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane.…

— J. K. Rowling

More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a…

— Samuel Johnson

The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very…

— Charles Dickens

To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion…

— Lajos Kossuth

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think we take for granted police officers and detectives that walk into some pretty heinous situations, and they really have to…

— George Eads

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play…

— Jesse Eisenberg

This novel has it all--mystery, psychological insight, emotional truth, and--most important--characters whose lives matter. You'll fall in love with these families. Solti…

— Jonis Agee

There's a character, Eon, I did back in the 'Captain Marvel' story. Eon came from a greasy smudge on a paper bag…

— Jim Starlin

I regard it in fact as the great advantage of the mathematical technique that it allows us to describe, by means of…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

I try to write things that can't be made into movies. My novels have thwarted many attempts to film them and I…

— Jonathan Franzen

What was it that obliged Jerome to write his book, Concerning Illustrious Men? It was the common reproach of old cast upon…

— Cotton Mather

I read the script [of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] and went, "I haven't read anything this good, in a long time."…

— Samuel Barnett

“Your Grace, I have certain moral objections to ending the world as our race knows it”?”

— Rory Ni Coileain

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age.

— Albert Einstein

[Virginity is] a cultural ideology that conflates passivity - the act of not having sex - with superior morality.

— Jessica Valenti

I change my mind so much, you know? It's hard to be just one character.

— Jesse Rutherford

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

— Robert E. Lee

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

— Oscar Wilde

You can transform into any character of any age. It's all in the mind.

— Shruti Haasan

Enthusiasm is greatest asset in the world; it is the difference between nonexistence and excellence.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!

— Jasper Fforde

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I think morality is so individual and personal, and people draw their own lines of what that means for them.

— Jonah Hill

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.

— Sophie Swetchine

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very…

— Wes Anderson

I feel I should never do passive characters. They don't work for me.

— Emraan Hashmi

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

— Brad Garrett