Character Quotes · Page 299

Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, provided love be love

— Bhagat Singh

To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human.

— David Henry Hwang

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

— Diana Krall

Every time I finish a job I seem to want to dress in totally the opposite way to the character.

— Phoebe Dynevor

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

— E. W. Howe

Tolerance Should Really Be Only A Temporary Attitude... It Must Lead To Recognition.

— Pacifiersucker

To admit mistake is courage and virtue of strong character, while to rue and look for an excuse reflects weak personality.

— Anil Sinha

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own…

— Laura Linney

I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the…

— Ricky Gervais

'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to…

— Tessa Thompson

We are identified and known by the sort of fruit, the quantity of fruit, and the quality of fruit borne out in…

— W. Phillip Keller

Designing the prints was very much like writing a story with characters, [inspired by] some of my my favorite icons of the…

— Mia Moretti

I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each…

— Lee Yoon-ki

In rugby I think it is good to have a bit of a persona, a bit of a character because we are…

— James Haskell

If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a…

— Thomas Perry

“Those who say that they know what kind of art they like, or what kind of god, or what kind of moral…

— James Hollis

The Lord Jesus himself proclaims, 'This is My Body.' Before the blessing of the heavenly words something of another character is spoken…

— Ambrose

Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are…

— Edmund Burke

“Whatever may be his [man's] true and final destination, there is a spirit within him at enmity with nothingness and dissolution (change…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

If my relation to each and every peasant in Cambodia is indeed exactly what the principles of morality would demand it to…

— Wallace Shawn

“In the world of The Age of Innocence , a financial disaster or moral scandal would permanently exile a guest from the…

— Wendy Wasserstein

In 'The Smurfs,' I was actually a live action character. So, I was a real person in that movie. But I was…

— Jayma Mays

I'm definitely not a dancer. I can move well, but it's more about the acting and the singing for me. Acting and…

— Vanessa Hudgens

An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself.

— Martin Landau

I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.

— David Nevins

There are too many possibilities, if you can't die. If you're playing a normal human being, there's always that.

— Robert Pattinson

I am thankful for all difficult people in my life, they have shown me exactly who I do not want to be.

— Arlene Enego

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

— Sydney Smith

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.

— Wentworth Miller

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

— Hiro Murai

A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

— Herbert Spencer

For me, as an actor, the challenge is mostly before the film starts when you have to get into the psychology of…

— Barun Sobti

There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person…

— Mike Krzyzewski

You must cease from looking at human mistakes and look at successes; cease from seeing faults and see virtues.

— Wallace D. Wattles

You've gotta separate yourself from the character. It's hard... so it can make its way into your everyday life.

— Evan Peters

The moral man is as guilty as the rest. His morality cannot save him.

— Dwight L. Moody

It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their…

— Jefferson Davis

Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.

— Zoe Saldana