Character Quotes · Page 309

Some people may fool you for the moment, but be patient and see what happens. A person true colors will always show…

— Anonymous

Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.

— Julian Barnes

Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.

— Michael Josephson

Persons of character have courage and conviction to withstand challenges of life.

— Anil Sinha

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

— Ginnifer Goodwin

My character Preet in 'Fanaah' had a very distinctive appearance: loud make-up and dramatic clothes.

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

— Winston Churchill

I like the idea of playing people outside of society. That's where I tend to be drawn.

— Sean Harris

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character…

— Mike Ferguson

What is the nature of true morality? I have argued ... that it must be a kind of ethics involving letting go…

— George F. R. Ellis

In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps…

— Mercedes Ruehl

Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves…

— Stephen Covey

I've always had this juxtaposition of characters, because I'm an artist. I'm a very quiet person at home and introspective and the…

— Terry Crews

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create…

— Stephen Mangan

As long as I don't go onstage completely normal and then jump into character onstage, I assume that most fans would be…

— Tobias Forge

I've learned a lot with every character, everything from being a cop, to a lawyer to a tattoo artist. And underneath that…

— Sarah Shahi

I seem to have been cast several several times to do it. I think in this one, Phoenix is not purely evil.…

— Famke Janssen

What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character…

— Plato

Flashy characters are more entertaining to people because you get it. You don't have to work to get someone who says what…

— Viola Davis

I have a problem with the term 'leading man.' It's so limiting; it involves not upsetting anyone. Obviously, we have anti-heroes now,…

— Jimmi Simpson

I like to enter my characters through a physical form first. The first thing I find is the regime of the character…

— Neeraj Kabi

I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character…

— John Green

“Realism maintains that universal moral principles cannot be applied to the actions of states in their abstract universal formulation, but that they…

— Hans J. Morgenthau

Bahá'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme.

— Liza Campbell

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

— William Faulkner

“I’ll never understand it—why people find the truth more shocking than lies.”

— Nita Prose

These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers.

— Ronald Reagan

Getting into character to become 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan for the 'Creed' film was surreal.

— Tony Bellew

The audience has its own gestalt, and it becomes another character - a character that changes each night.

— Elizabeth Marvel

I would love to play a negative guy, play the villain. It is always interesting to have shades to your character.

— Saqib Saleem

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?

— Juvenal

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

— Mark Twain

“Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.”

— Nicole Guillaume

“Moral allegories about people determined to root out wickedness in others while denying it in themselves.” “Actually,”

— Christina Baker Kline

I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.

— Anthony Hopkins

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

— Spike Lee

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.

— Veronica Roth

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

— Imre Lakatos

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

— Ayn Rand