If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
To get rid of villains and knaves, it is necessary to give them a way out. If you don't give them any… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind. — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I think that there's something really special about doing a series. You get inside the skin of that character 'cause it's such… — Bridget Regan Copy Share Image
State a moral case to a plowman and a professor. The former will decide it as well, and often better than the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If we get to shoot the third one, which I'm really hoping we do, the third one's great. There's a big uprising… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
After 'Student Of The Year,' when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
That's why people, not that I think this is like always a necessary process, but people who are method actors, there's a… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadly drone strikes, precisely because of… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I love playing distinct weirdos, very confident dummies. Because no matter how dumb you are, there's an intelligence to everybody. And I… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
I’m quite flirtatious with anyone. Some people, because I’m playing a gay character, get quite nervous. And I have to reassure them.… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
“If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of her allies would… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming." Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-" "Six months behind a plow. Excellent character… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
When I was acting, I got trained in creating a character as a three-dimensional person. If you're doing it right you should… — Tana French Copy Share Image
My main problem is that over and over again, I try to get all my characters to say stuff that I think… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'll play a character who is getting married to a woman to avoid the draft. Ultimately they fall in love with each… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
Virtue steals, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy, clings to their devoted victim, and will not… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There are seven things that will destroy us, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Religion without sacrifice, Politics without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
We referenced fictional characters as if they were people to learn from. As if real-life people were too nebulous, too private and… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Any kind of run-of-the-mill flaws that are easily solved, to me, are boring. Situational flaws, for example. I like flaws that are… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
TV is providing such amazing possibilities - you have such lively characters, fantastic stories and ambiguous messages, and viewers feel very satisfied. — Fedor Bondarchuk Copy Share Image
The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is… — Francis Alexander Durivage Copy Share Image
“Hence while in respect of its substance and the definition that states what it really is in essence virtue is the observance… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“In the philosopher, on the contrary, there is absolutely nothing impersonal; and above all, his morality furnishes a decided and decisive testimony… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Freedom cannot exist without morality, and morality can only be defined by the God who, by definition is the source of morality” — Kevin Swanson Copy Share Image
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that… — Mary Stuart Masterson Copy Share Image