Character Quotes · Page 302

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

— Horace

What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize.

— Alexander Pope

When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.

— Pearl S. Buck

Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue.

— Horace

We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.

— Nicolas Anelka

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

— Amanda Seyfried

I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.

— Kiernan Shipka

Once the scene is over, I come out of it. I don't carry the character with me for long as many actors…

— Nani

I would never make up a character who didn't exist or an event that didn't transpire. If you're a real writer, you…

— Koren Zailckas

I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters…

— Tayari Jones

I think that I prefer to shoot characters even if they are not good people. I don't think that cinema is a…

— Miguel Gomes

The more we can put the camera in a better place, the more we can take the audience on a more extreme…

— Wade Eastwood

I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as…

— Yaya Han

Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after…

— Giulio Douhet

I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it…

— Gavin Friday

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately…

— Wendell Berry

There used to be times when I used to be bothered about box office, director, producer, the actress... If those ticks were…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt…

— George Washington

At the end of the day, it's a show [Daredevil ] not about a superhero, but it's about a man. Hopefully, that's…

— Jon Bernthal

The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them…

— James Monroe

The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room -…

— Idris Elba

It is impossible to draw near to God without sorrows, without which human righteousness cannot remain unchanged... If you desire virtue, than…

— Isaac of Nineveh

I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

— David Walton

I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.

— Vincent Price

It feels good to be a couple of characters, sometimes in the same day.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

— Samuel Johnson

I love that everyone on 'Scream Queens' has a moment where they are the hero, and they are the villain.

— Skyler Samuels

I love the show 'Billions.' But the main character is basically a hedge fund scumbag, and he's the hero.

— Alissa Quart

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

— David Hare

“Moral authority is earned, not given. This is why formal authorities are threatened by moral authorities without position.”

— Richie Norton

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks.

— Tim Burton

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I don't want to play the same character again and again, because I'd get bored. If I get bored, so will the…

— Radhika Madan

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

— Colleen Atwood

If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit.

— Izabella Scorupco

It is only an error in judgement to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when…

— Anonymous

To be able to continue to be polite to those who are rude is a peak in good character that we should…

— Mufti Ismail Menk

Adults need more complex narratives. They have their own narratives. The main characters are themselves.

— Haruki Murakami