Character Quotes · Page 409

I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.

— Henri Bergson

Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points.

— Theodore Dreiser

It's exciting to originate Jessica Jones. There's obviously more freedom in that versus playing a well known character.

— Krysten Ritter

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

— James Richardson

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

— Katharine Hepburn

I felt the script of 'Shivajinagara' was perfect as my character is that of a good guy with shades of grey.

— Adithya Menon

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

— Immanuel Kant

When I did 'The Social Network,' David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought…

— Dakota Johnson

Acting is not pretending or lying. It's finding a side of yourself that's the character and ignoring your other sides. And there's…

— Angelina Jolie

Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the…

— J. D. Hayworth

“More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us…

— Richard Dawkins

Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the…

— Antonio de Oliveira Salazar

'Newton' is a black comedy, a social satire. Amit Masurkar is directing the movie, and Drishyam films is producing. Rajkummar Rao is…

— Pankaj Tripathi

There is of course a dark side to panto because there are always baddies and you can't have a baddie without a…

— Clive Rowe

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from…

— J. C. Ryle

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me…

— Ari Graynor

The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of…

— Havelock Ellis

Loyalty saves us from the self-advantaging compromising of important relations - such as friendship, marital and professional commitments, group memberships, and so…

— John Kleinig

“Theology that defines virtue as obedience to God suppresses the virtue of revolt. A woman being battered by her husband will be…

— Rebecca Ann Parker

Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being believed to be infinitely…

— David Josiah Brewer

“[92] Plato, in his fourth book of Laws, says that the præfectures of music and gymnic exercises are the most important employments…

— Montesquieu

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance…

— Maria Edgeworth

The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No…

— Martin Landau

I get attracted to projects because of the script or the idea and the basic character.

— Sharmila Tagore

Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.

— Jeff Fortenberry

“Are you going to judge a person's character by the mistakes they made on a few bad dates or by their achievements?”

— Steven Magee

Playing an unstable, bipolar, multiple-personality-disorder person is definitely up my alley.

— Sebastian Stan

The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.

— Zara Phillips

Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.

— Geoff Rickly

I miss theater. I miss living the arc of the character, from curtain to curtain, and I miss the immediate audience response.

— David Anders

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

— Thomas Paine

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

— Vera Farmiga

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

— Homer

I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.

— Catherine Hardwicke

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

— Les Brown

I'd love to do a comedy like 'Bridesmaids;' I think that would be so fun. I would play the Kristen Wiig character.

— Emma Roberts

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

— Joseph Addison

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

— Julie Garwood