“To be good citizens, responsible workers and providers, and ethical businesspeople, we need a minimum level of knowledge about the way the… — Shane Snow Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Your character is slowly built and quickly eroded. You're definitely influenced whatever you are immersed in and whatever you're around and what… — Mark Martin Copy Share Image
The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or immorality, so much as by the stamp that is… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
One of the things that I love so much about the character of Sally Bowles is that she is such a huge… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
I couldn't have asked for anything better than 'Dangal' because we got to prove ourselves there in every way. The character has… — Sanya Malhotra Copy Share Image
“You came clothed with the virtue of humility; and because God blessed your enterprises accordingly, you have stained yourself with the sin… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
“The less rational a man is, the oftener he will fail to perceive how what injures others also injures him, because hatred… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
This word "redemption," what is it about this word? Is it tangible? Do you know when it has happened? Is it necessary… — Michael Muhney Copy Share Image
Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
I have not created any characters nor have I changed my name. The last time I did, the band turned 20, and… — Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“It will be seen how subjectivism and objectivism, spiritualism and materialism, activity and suffering, only lose their antithetical character, and thus their… — Robert C. Tucker Copy Share Image
This fine young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water, and only lacked the one good… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There's different kinds of improv. There's Second City improv where you try to slowly build a nice sketch. There's stuff you do… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others,… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear… — Dorothea Dix Copy Share Image
Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Working on location is ideal because you enter the character and the story. Shooting at a studio near home, there's a certain… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
When I key into the character of Five, I'm generally drawing upon a mental state - not so much thinking about the… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is… — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
I have never been stereotyped in one kind of character. I have been a part of reality shows, events, singing and dancing.… — Mouni Roy Copy Share Image
The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past,… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
A Bug's Life' is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets… — Booboo Stewart Copy Share Image
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“The Sage desires only one thing, virtue, and he is cautious about only one thing, vice. He is the same in every… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
When someone gets closely related to a character they play on TV, it's very hard to break that mold and go on… — Katherine Moennig Copy Share Image
I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
