Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of… — John Chancellor Copy Share Image
Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in,… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy.… — Jonathan Weeks Copy Share Image
“I am somewhat allergic to explanations that divide men and women into frozen categories and attribute to each sex its characteristic virtues… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
Many people are laughing when they see me, but I'm playing Mrs.Baskets all pristine. I'm playing it not-Louie. I'm not being Louie.… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
Playing a character who will be seen as villainous will be fascinating, because a lot of the characters I have played are… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Dare to do something worth of exile and prison if you mean to be anybody. Virtue is praised and left to freeze.… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
I don't ever recall being nervous before performing because I've already stepped into the shoes and the clothes of the character. — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
ONE Lie Is All It Takes For Someone To Lose Interest in You. It's Always Best To Be Upfront, Remaining Realistic And… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“The failure of language—the tyranny of moral generalization over social inspection—fed the ruling class’s belief that it was endangered from below.” — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely… — Lindy Booth Copy Share Image
Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“People tend to overestimate my character,' I say quietly, 'They think because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I wasn't, like, pretty enough to be the ingenue; I wasn't 'character' enough to be the goofball sidekick. I'm kind of ethnically… — Kay Cannon Copy Share Image
There's always a connection to be made whether you're playing a psychopath or whatever. It doesn't really matter; you've got to find… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The only thing that I know is that if I like a particular script, I want to be as honest to my… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the… — Glenn Howerton Copy Share Image
I try to use models at least for the main characters because of the nature of my art. I tend to focus… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I spent the whole time I've been in WWE trying to build this character who is unbreakable, who is not vulnerable, and… — Charlotte Flair Copy Share Image
The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Somehow I find it easier to inhabit characters if they are a little bit pathetic. I do seem to have an affinity… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
I love working with new directors. There's so much drive and effort. It still comes down to the character for me, but… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
Stories twist and turn and grow and meet and give birth to other stories. Here and there, one story touches another, and… — Marcus Sedgwick Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone will be able to answer why one did not get success from their work. It's just part of… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image