Character Quotes · Page 443

Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.

— Herman Kahn

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

— Henry Ward Beecher

To see my brother, see my friends, I think it builds character for me, just being accountable for myself.

— Frances Tiafoe

A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.

— V. S. Pritchett

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

— P. G. Wodehouse

The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.

— Sam Mendes

The best part of a great movie is a great villain and I usually have a tendency to root for the bad…

— Mark Wahlberg

“What do you think marks an honorable warrior? His moral aim is to put an end to aggression if others commence it.”

— S.W. Southwick

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of…

— Kate Mulgrew

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle…

— Nick Cave

Never design your character like a garden where anyone can walk, but design your character like the sky where everyone desire to…

— Anonymous

When I was writing my first draft, and feeling grandiose, I e-mailed an artist/clothing designer I know and suggested we collaborate on…

— Heidi Julavits

It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think…

— Laura Innes

I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander,…

— Anita Sarkeesian

Women have a mother-nature and a daughter-nature; there are no women with a wife-nature. The quality of wife is an acquired character;…

— Lu Xun

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy. With Complications, I navigate my character Samantha Ellison through…

— Beth Riesgraf

“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which…

— Bertrand Russell

'Luther' is raw and brutal like 'Game Of Thrones,' but it's coincidence. If I'm drawn to anything, it would be the writing.…

— Rose Leslie

And last of all, high over thought, in the world of morals, Fate appears as vindicator, levelling the high, lifting the low,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Musalia [Mudavadi] has a much weaker character in person than [Musikari] Kombo, and you know the joke about humble Luhya servants as…

— Raila Odinga

My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things…

— Aeriel Miranda

With Marvel and DC, you're working with their pre-established fictional universes and characters. At those places, you're working with characters who will…

— Grant Morrison

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show…

— Rita Mae Brown

I think you approach a part the same way and just find out in what's making them tick and who they are.…

— Kate Beckinsale

With films, you completely immerse yourself in a character, get into who they are, live it and then release it.

— Columbus Short

With each new character, I find something new about myself that I didn't know before.

— Paul Wesley

Resistance, whether to one's appetites or to the ways of the world, is a chief factor in the shaping of character.

— Eric Hoffer

The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters.

— Michael Schur

Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.

— J. C. Ryle

If you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.

— Ryan Gosling

“The moral of the tale is this: whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.”

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

I will never give up fighting firstly because that's not in my character, to just give up.

— Simon Mignolet

Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.

— Thomas Jefferson

...But why discourse Upon the Virtues of the Horse? They are too numerous to tell Save when you have a Horse to…

— Josh Billings

You can't put someone else in charge of your morals. Ethics is a personal discipline.

— Price Pritchett

Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw.

— George Augustus Henry Sala

For me to be stress free I have made part of my character to expect less from others.

— Frank Matobo

“The hell with virtue. I've figured out the mechanics of her dress.”

— Audrey Niffenegger

You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day.

— Julian McMahon