Character Quotes · Page 348

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.

— Tahereh Mafi

I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.

— Sam Rockwell

What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.

— Jami Attenberg

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.

— Aristotle

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

— Anonymous

America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.

— Calvin Coolidge

Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop.

— Will Gluck

Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character,…

— Victor Hugo

My approach to Pennywise was, on one hand, I wanted to stay true to the essence of the character but at the…

— Andy Muschietti

One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the…

— C. L. R. James

Living our lives of faith or motivation with enthusiasm and excitment, convincing each other, dialoguing with each other about important moral issues…

— Tim Kaine

What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and…

— Christopher Priest

Comedy always works better when you're tracking the story and you care about the characters. That's why there's a lot of movies…

— Andy Samberg

“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people…

— S.W. Southwick

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and…

— Rex D. Pinegar

I suppose for me, with 'Djesse,' I realized fairly early in the process that I also needed a character to walk this…

— Jacob Collier

We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of…

— Henry David Thoreau

“...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart…

— Jessica Page Morrell

I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it…

— Annabelle Selldorf

“History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned…

— Edmund Burke

We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might…

— Edward Gibbon

I like to use a bit of chaos when I shoot. I think it may be something from the way I shot…

— Michel Gondry

Some of the greatest actors on the planet are the most insecure people. Now I don't know if that insecurity necessarily equates…

— Eric Dane

“True character is revealed not by the actions taken for personal gain, but by those made when there is nothing to be…

— Ndah Ayim

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

— Simone Weil

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

— Ronald Reagan

ELANTRIS is a new BEN HUR for the fantasy genre, with a sweeping, epic storyline and closely personal characters.

— Kevin J. Anderson

Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.

— Grace Gummer

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

— Jeremy Renner

“It's clear to me that if we raise children with no moral compass, we are planting the seeds of our own destruction.”

— Glenn Beck

The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

— C. S. Lewis

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

In 'Nach... ', I go all out, but 'Saraswati... ' is an introvert character. The two things are totally opposite.

— Gautam Rode

I don't know what's wrong with me - I don't know why I only get picked to play strange characters!

— Olly Alexander

Our true character is that person we become when no one is watching.

— Ritu Ghatourey

If you're on a TV show, you never know what's going to happen week to week with your character.

— Kerry Bishe

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.

— Ryan Gosling

Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.

— Marianne Moore

A Tongue Has No Bones But It Can Hurt Someone's Feelings. So, Always Be Conscious And Be Wise On What You'll say...

— Pacifiersucker