Character Quotes · Page 346

The character of our language defines us, and dictionaries say as much about us as about the way we speak.

— Susie Dent

You do design because you feel it inside; you have a moral issue to spread quality in our environment.

— Massimo Vignelli

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other.. I was a cartoon character. A joke.

— Ann-Margret

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path.

— Michel de Montaigne

Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities.

— Philip Kitcher

[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal.

— James Boswell

I do just love the characters in sci-fi, but not necessarily the fact that it's sci-fi.

— Laura Vandervoort

You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work.

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

If my tale has to revolve around a protagonist and there is action around him, I can only imagine him to be…

— Gautham Menon

Living In Your 'Limitless Joy,' Is The Greatest Form Of DEFIANCE. And, Living By Your 'Limitless Fear,' Is The Greatest Form Of…

— Pacifiersucker

Your character is far more important than your past or your future; its who you are that matters, not what youve done…

— Melchor Lim

There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of…

— Brander Matthews

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare…

— Julie Andrews

There always comes a test in our life, when we have to prove our self as a good child, a friend, a…

— Anonymous

In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find…

— Michelle MacLaren

For me, wardrobe is very important in finding the character. If I'm going to play silly and ditzy, I need to feel…

— Krysten Ritter

I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the…

— Louise Penny

Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts,…

— Les Standiford

It's hard to hand a script to a director, there's no question about it. You've lived with these characters, you've started with…

— Victor Levin

Your character is your destiny. Building character is a task for the brave and dedicated. There are no shortcuts when it comes…

— Matthew Kelly

I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard.…

— Shane McCrae

Man is more courageous, pugnacious, and energetic than woman, and has a more inventive genius. His brain is absolutely larger, but whether…

— Charles Darwin

My favorite thing to do is action-driven, emotionally-charged scenes. If it's not just two people talking in a room, but it's on…

— Geoff Johns

I, for one, can't wait for this election to be over, because the curse of Donald Trump in a satirical comedy way…

— Jordan Klepper

Strong is the heart of peace - Gentle are the hands of love. ~Jordan Blake Michiels~

— Jordan Blake Michiels

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

— Jodi Picoult

I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.

— Lauryn Hill

The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.

— Sam Harris

It's pretty cool to watch a film where the character barely says anything but you can see exactly what he's thinking.

— Noah Schnapp

Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.

— Oscar Wilde

I don't mind playing a supporting character if it has some substance.

— Parvathy

A nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people.

— James Montgomery Boice

We're very sure to stay in character, to experience the Sharknado as though it was real. That's what acting is.

— Ian Ziering

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

— Baroness Orczy

For me the costume is always a huge part of getting into character.

— Sam Riley

Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.

— C. S. Lewis

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

— John Ortberg

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

— Jane Seymour

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

— Saadi

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

— Cary Elwes