Character Quotes · Page 334

Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable.

— Oscar Wilde

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase is fruits of innocence and blessedness.

— William C. Bryant

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

— Plutarch

Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

— Steve Earle

God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.

— Plutarch

A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents.

— L. Tom Perry

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.

— William Davis

The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He…

— Samuel Johnson

Above The Thunder is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories will find…

— Tony Ardizzone

Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take…

— Mark Burnett

The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the…

— Anne Tyler

Virtually every kid is exposed to giants and ogres and talking wolves, and so forth. And magic. And I think you never…

— Stan Lee

The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass…

— Richard Dawkins

I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I Need To Talk To You… That One Sentence That Has The Power To Make You Remember Every Single Bad Thing You…

— Pacifiersucker

I can understand everybody associates me with Karen, but beyond that, I think after time passes and a few years go by,…

— Megan Mullally

Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions;…

— Aristotle

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my…

— Douglas Sirk

We live in the instant gratification world. And the route of playing core-four special teams for a couple of years and not…

— Darren Waller

Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There…

— Fede Alvarez

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into…

— D.T. Suzuki

When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and…

— Robert Frost

It's - you know, acting's all about relatability and finding empathy for a character, which is essentially, kind of, you're finding empathy…

— Anthony Carrigan

“Your gold is your religion , your adornment is your moral attitude , and your wealth is your good manners .”

— Aidh bin Abdullah Al-Qarni

Character is like a recharge card the moment you start accurmulating evil thought it leaves you with 0:00 Naira..

— D Brown

“I dont celebrate any friendship that was build on hate, because we share the common enemy.”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory.

— Francis Quarles

You may fall in Love with Beauty of Someone But Remember, Finally you have to live with the Character Not with the…

— Sumit Rohilla

Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.

— Dominique Bouhours

What's fun is that the characters in 'Broad City' are rushing and hustling, and our process reflects that.

— Ilana Glazer

After a while, the person who knows the character best is you, the actor.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

With any character, the main objective is to bring authenticity to the role.

— Jesse McCartney

True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it.

— John Vanbrugh

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

— Maxwell Maltz

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

— Jack Kornfield

It's always fun to layer a character, to make the character a little bit more dynamic than it is on paper.

— Charles Melton

I'd love to do a comedy - something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life.

— Debra Granik

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one

— Michael Vartan

If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.

— Tom Hanks