Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
“Everything is in the process of being forgotten. But who we are—who we have been in mood, in personality, in character—persists much… — Jolene Brackey Copy Share Image
Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Time has a doomsday book, upon whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names. But as often as a new name is… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
All thoughtful persons perceive that the ideas of the morality of sexual relations upheld by the religions and laws of the Western… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
There's jerks, and there's villains. Villains, I think, are very aware of who they are and what they're doing and their effect… — Ron Livingston Copy Share Image
The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Even as a stage performer, I have my garb which is leather jackets and black jeans to make me feel a certain… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
“If science could make a person understand the true significance of morality in human existence, - and more importantly, if science could… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I would like to say that I have software that allows me to model worlds to a high degree of scientific plausibility.… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
For me, moral questions such as stem-cell research turn upon whether suffering is caused. In this case, clearly none is. The embryos… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
Ethical and moral questions and how we answer them may determine whether primal scenes will continue to be a source of joy… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
“Self knowledge is a virtue in its own right. We value the way in which people can fulfill their own natures by… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is… — Miguel McKelvey Copy Share Image
Get out of the office. Roam the frontline. Be observant. Hold your people accountable for creating the new narrative, a new story,… — Michael J. Silverstein Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There is a story that you have to tell within a certain amount of time, and you can only show so much… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of irony which Aussies… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This,… — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of… — Al-Jahiz Copy Share Image
When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a… — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
“You don’t need to see yourself through the delusional eyes of the society. It’s the society that needs to see you, through… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I try and take everyone's ideals, common morals, flip them around, make people look at them differently, question them, so that you're… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
“The moral world has no greater spectacle than this: a troubled and restless conscience on the verge of committing an evil deed,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I don't put faces on the characters. When I finish the first draft of the script, I start visualizing,… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Ray Toro is a very eccentric, crazy genius type guy. I think he's a genius. He just got this thing at the… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. That is why we must… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Christine, as a stage character, is just a way for me to be more daring, to be more out of the box,… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
Anything in this world goes by brand value.You are a brand.Any action you do, any decision you take,any words you utter adds… — Selvaraj Kuppannan Copy Share Image
Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image