The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
The Italian character in general is full of animation, and the natives enter into the interests and welfare of the stranger before… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Typically with HBO shows, the ninth episode often winds up being a big one and when lots of exciting stuff happens. And… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be… — Adam Gilchrist Copy Share Image
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The reputation of generosity is to be purchased pretty cheap; it does not depend so much upon a man's general expense, as… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When friends enter a home, they sense its personality and character, the family's style of living - these elements make a house… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so… — Norman Angell Copy Share Image
In many Muslim countries, witchcraft is not only on the books as a crime, but is commonly prosecuted. In 2009, for example,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Now, I can smile at the stock quality of these friends, these uniforms. these looking-glasses, these sharers. Each is a character lifted… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will.… — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I get the walk of a character, that helps me find them. So I'm constantly looking at airports and train stations,… — Stephen Graham Copy Share Image
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
As a writer, I find that a good way of evolving a character is through an examination of his or her defining… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
And they're [Coen brothers] so smart, they're so witty, they have such an extraordinary way of communicating with an audience in a… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
A lot of 'Star Wars' fans who are specifically Asian never had a character they could dress up like, or they would,… — Kelly Marie Tran Copy Share Image
Most of our occupations are low comedy… We must play our part duly, but as the part of a borrowed character. Of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
All my novels are very much directly related to my inner life, even though I'm inventing characters, even though it's fiction, even… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Everyone has a need to do penance. It's a basic need, like washing. It's about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It's… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I love playing the bad guy getting away with stuff. I was that kid who learned from my older brothers who got… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of U.S. comedy, shows such as 'Eastbound & Down' and 'Veep.' I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her character… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will… — Plato Copy Share Image
One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever… — Paul Elmer More Copy Share Image
Nothing beats an 'Archers' fan for their levels of devotion. I think it's because it's radio, and you obviously conjure up an… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
“that morality is relative, at best a personal “value judgment.” Relative means that there is no absolute right or wrong in anything;” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
A nation's greatness is measured not just by its gross national product or military power, but by the strength of its devotion… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If I just track Shang-Chi's journey in the context of table tennis in my life, it actually fits perfectly, and that's why… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I do not set myself up as an advocate of the woman's right doctrine, but would rather appear in the character of… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
Will isn't a screaming queen - that's Jack's part. They needed someone to play the part for America. It's just not the… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image