Character Quotes · Page 377

Morals are concerned with what aids or impedes the fulfillment of basic human needs.

— Peggy Noonan

All one can do for one's character in times like these, is to prove that one does not belong to these times.

— Johann Gottfried Seume

I always had a sense that clothes, be it uniform or vintage, could help to create a character.

— Collier Schorr

Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation.

— Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

— Taylor Caldwell

Talents of the novelist: ... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people's feelings, personal relations ...

— Virginia Woolf

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

— Madame de Stael

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Everyone has two faces but often we see only one side of them so never judge anyone by there looks because the…

— Aaron Chan

For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go…

— Mae Whitman

I think the key to the longevity is being able to reinvent yourself and to adopt and incorporate different things into your…

— Kane

Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise…

— Gregory of Nazianzus

I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me,…

— Tatiana Maslany

Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral…

— Robert Burns

The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those…

— Aristotle

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the…

— Todd Phillips

Rosanne Daryl Thomas's tale of her enchantment by bees is a delight to read. It also contains close observations of the natural…

— Janet Lembke

My favorite video game when I was a kid was this game called 'Metroid' and the main character of 'Metroid' was Samus.…

— Laura Jane Grace

All of the arts are kin - music and sculpture and dance, those are wordless art forms. But poetry is defined by…

— Campbell McGrath

“Some men have been virtuous blindly, others have speculated fantastically, and others have been shrewd to bad purposes; but you, sir, I…

— Anonymous

I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help…

— Demetri Martin

“It takes gumption to wake up every day to face the fickle world and cleave to your morals and values Not flinch…

— Emmanuella Raphaelle

“God forbid that I should boast of being poor, gentle, and meek. But I am striving to attain these virtues. Every day…

— Jean Déchanet

The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.…

— Bertrand Russell

Karen is like RuPaul - she's a character. It never occurred to me until now, but she is!

— Megan Mullally

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

— Robert Browning

I am concerned with only one thing, the moral and social conditions of my generation.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I think it would be amazing to be a character actor and still be a lead now and then in movies.

— Britt Robertson

I will do whatever I can to become the character. I have no right to distract the audience from the mood of…

— Vijay Sethupathi

It's fun to get really intense and emotionally detailed and complicated.

— Laura San Giacomo

I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.

— Susan Estrich

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.

— William S. Burroughs

If your character is written well and is meaty enough, even two scenes has the potential to stand out.

— Varun Sharma

A man's originality is not only the most beautiful, but the best personality of his life.

— Anuj Somany

You have to get rid of characters to make room for new ones, but you also have to recognize when things are…

— Matt Lucas

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

— Alexander Pope

I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.

— Vince Vaughn

Just As we Can Learn From Our Mistakes, We Can Gain Character From Our Disappointments.

— Anonymous