Character Quotes · Page 370

Show respect to people who don't even deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours.

— Anonymous

I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take…

— Maria Semple

Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue.

— George Mason

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

— Damon Albarn

Transparency reveals your character of having integrity, justice for all and truthfulness.

— Anil Sinha

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

— Bryan Stevenson

What stuff is the man made of who is not coexistent in our thought with the purest and sublimest truth?

— Henry David Thoreau

“A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat”

— Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey

I think our jobs as parents is to raise our children with empathy - to figure out who this little character is,…

— Margaret Trudeau

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into…

— John C. McGinley

Even when I took up 'Drishyam,' I was not the lead character. I liked the role as the story was about my…

— Ishita Dutta

I'm not doing a Mulder, there was no character reference-point. I think Mark Buchman shot it very David Fincher, but we did…

— David Giuntoli

It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like…

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Good communication has just a little to do with eloquence. It's character that makes it more successful. Harsh words nicely articulated are…

— Israelmore Ayivor

In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and…

— Valerie Harper

In trying to develop an impartial, expansive ethic we are trying to get ethical systems to do something which they did not…

— Dale Jamieson

I really don't know what happened in reference to 'The Butler.' Mr. Daniels and I had a conversation. I had the script,…

— Mo'Nique

I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind.…

— Liam Neeson

“May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupying your mind-set needs to be…

— Gloria D. Gonsalves

We shuffle out of office buildings after being laid-off by draconian bosses; we sit on hold for ten minutes only to be…

— Alexander Weinstein

Men professing godliness offer their bodies upon Satan's altar, and burn the incense of tobacco to his satanic majesty. Does this statement…

— Ellen G. White

Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is…

— Sylvie Simmons

Dance is a way of connecting and finding a moment with someone. It really is something special and unique that you don't…

— Allison Holker

Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.

— Anonymous

The moral disposition of the age appears in the refinement of conversation.

— Mary Somerville

Providing accurate portrayals of characters is something I want to pay ample attention to.

— Masahiro Sakurai

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

— Frederick William Faber

What we think about certain characters and plays changes depending on our current awareness.

— Adrian Lester

Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.

— Pope Leo XIII

My heritage has definitely shaped my music and my character in a lot of ways.

— Ava Max

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

— William Ames

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

— George Bernard Shaw

Because it's me playing the character, trying to find a way to make it believable and entertaining and interesting.

— Owen Wilson

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what…

— Norman Douglas

“Above all else, above the mechanics, even, a doctor should be thoroughly grounded in morality.”

— M.R. Graham

I am comfortable in my character's skin. I am uncomfortable being in my own skin.

— Tiger Shroff

Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can't take their eyes off of him.

— John Slattery

True happiness lies in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.

— Marquis de Sade

I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality .

— Silvio Berlusconi