I have been formerly so silly as to hope that every servant I had might be made a friend; I am now… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The idea of the straight man is very important. But I'd rather it be somebody else, because it's not as fun. And… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
For me it's about the character, not as much about the genre of it [movie]. I'm excited that I get to work… — Ali Larter Copy Share Image
What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality, is derived from Greek and Roman sources, not… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Some people promote the idea that there can be two marriages, co-existing side by side, one heterosexual and one homosexual, without any… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
“Obedience had never been deemed a pure virtue among the Tiste Andii. To follow must be an act born of deliberation, of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I think Nelly [Ternan] actually has something very conservative about her, and she's very judgmental of (this other character's) situation, and can… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
“While I don't think sociopaths have any sort of moral urge to do good things, I think they can and do act… — M. E. Thomas Copy Share Image
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Yeah, we've become really good friends. Our characters start dating in the book, and um, yeah, I think we - and we… — Johnny Simmons Copy Share Image
“I found that Nancy had a very advanced formulation of equity, ethics, and morals. It was as exceptional as it was different… — Hilaire Hiler Copy Share Image
As the mother of six, Karen Santorum knows the power of stories to shape and mold the nature of our children. In… — Janet Parshall Copy Share Image
All the characters are made out of words. With reading, I understand that the people aren't real but the fact that they… — John Green Copy Share Image
Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
We just worked hard to not just get things right and authentic, but also to make it consistent and visually right. For… — Lone Scherfig Copy Share Image
“A society notorious for effacing the boundary which once separated the private from the public, for making it a public virtue and… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Because of mathematics precise, formal character, mathematical arguments remain sound even when they are long and complex. In contast, common sense arguments… — Jacob T. Schwartz Copy Share Image
I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
“Realize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to… — James Chartrand Copy Share Image
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie. The… — Trisha Yearwood Copy Share Image
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Cliché openings in fantasy can include an opening scene set in a battle (and my peeve is that I don’t know any… — Kristin Nelson Copy Share Image
Whatever character you play, whatever film it is, whatever story it is, for me, in my training it's always something that gives… — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image
By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
I think that doing comedy and playing Dwight is a service. Not to get grandiose about it, but I have a talent… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm with Milton and the Rolling Stones: I don't find the Devil an unsympathetic character. But in any case, my fiction is… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
We get a little further from perfection, each year on the road, I guess that's what they call character, I guess that's… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I've had people appear in my life that have helped me. I had more fun. I approached it thinking how would Jack… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
Soaking the rich would not only be profoundly immoral, it would drastically penalize the very virtues: thrift, business foresight, and investment, that… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We can't handle violence in women characters but we CAN handle what's done to women in our present tense every second of… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is, Obama and the Democrats did a number on Mitt Romney's reputation and his character and his… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Virtue is the nursing-mother of all human pleasures, who, in rendering them just, renders them also pure and permanent; in moderating them,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we… — Cinco Paul Copy Share Image