Character Quotes · Page 317

Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

— Warren G. Bennis

Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.

— Michael Shellenberger

I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

— Peter Mullan

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

— Rowan Atkinson

Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.

— Gary Bauer

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what…

— William Ellery Channing

Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.

— Christian Louboutin

“Character is you doing what is right when no one is looking and no one will know.”

— Mark Tabb

My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's…

— Esai Morales

There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love fantasy. I love thrillers. I love action. I'm all over the place. As long as the story and characters are…

— Julianne Hough

“Virtue is a subordination of the passions to the intellect. It is to act in accordance with your highest convictions. It does…

— Robert Ingersoll

“Sometimes we fight who we are, struggling against ourselves and our natures. But we must learn to accept who we are and…

— Harley King

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world;…

— Darius McCrary

I would say the main thing is, don't just copy yourself, which is what a lot of sequels do. And in some…

— James Gunn

Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political choices through…

— Philipp Meyer

When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in…

— Valerie Plame

As an actor you bring some of your own experiences which can make things easier. You build off of it, but your…

— Vince Vaughn

The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you…

— Clint Eastwood

What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld…

— Aaron Siskind

“Rather than thinking about exceptional moral rules for exceptional moral situations,” Harvard’s Dr. Lachlan Forrow, who is also a palliative care specialist,…

— Sheri Fink

I never think in terms of alienation; it's the others who do. Alienation means one thing to Hegel, another to Marx and…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral…

— David Hume

I'm not one for doing the children's party version: "Hi, I'm a character in a movie and now I'm in reality!" I…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I…

— Evelyn Waugh

We have many Lisas, Marks, Dennys, Johnnys, and other characters from 'The Room' in America and in the entire world.

— Tommy Wiseau

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

— Jack Kirby

I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.

— Karin Slaughter

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

— Emile Durkheim

I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and…

— AJ Lee

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

— Mark Hoppus

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

— Louisa May Alcott

When one sees me on screen I hope he or she only sees and feels the character, not Shefali.

— Shefali Shah

Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.

— Joseph Addison

“difference is trampled under foot and conformity is elevated to a virtue”

— Marcus Bussey

We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people

— John Adams

The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof…

— Samuel Smiles

Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.

— Daryl Hannah

“Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.”

— Voltaire