A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
It's sort of an organic process when you're adapting any book, not even just your own. You want to preserve the heart… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
It's like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful,… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
One of my themes is that there is good and evil in everyone. I was not out to make these guys heroes.… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
You have respect and reverence for your characters and the fact that you're going to epitomize that person for the rest of… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
There was never a moment where I was intentionally cribbing from another actor. More so, I grew up watching other actors design… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
“Convicções profundas só as têm as criaturas superficiais. Os que não reparam para as coisas quase que as veem apenas para não… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, nor did I have access to information like you do today… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out… — James F. Amos Copy Share Image
I wanted draw the cartoon characters, and then it all started to make sense as I was watching these classics come back… — Andreas Deja Copy Share Image
Every one of us knows how painful it is to be called by malicious names, to have his character undermined by false… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
Said an opponent to me after my last protest was sent in, what party would you vote for, if you could? Neither.… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
“The sense of purity is a puzzling, and at times a fearful thing. It seems so noble, and it starts at one… — E M Forster Copy Share Image
I think everything you do, characters I always find, have their own voices and once you establish who that character is you… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wouldn't know what to say about something that worked in a perfect way, so I guess, in everything, I try to… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during… — Abu Dawood Copy Share Image
I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
Trees loaded with fruit are bent down; the clouds when charged with fresh rain hang down near the earth: even so good… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over,… — R. Lee Ermey Copy Share Image
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
You cultivate the essential virtues: high purpose, intelligence, decency, humility, fear of the Lord, and the passion for freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Community, responsibility, flexibility, tenacity - these are all things that I imbue my characters with. They are basically good, nonjudgmental people who… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
Morality did not keep well; it required stable conditions; it was costly; it was subject to variations, and the market for it… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
If we continue to make moral judgements (and whatever we say shall in fact continue) then we must believe that the conscience… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always found that it's such an emotional experience, trying to find the good parts of a bad character or the bad… — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
I'm really excited to be a part of it and sharing the legacy, any documentary I look up at the sky and… — Brandon Routh Copy Share Image
