Schiller never wanted to replace the moral with the aesthetic but he did want the moral to be one part of the… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that they are really cool because they don't outline. In my writing group, they would say, "I… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“Vices are simply overworked virtues, anyway. Economy and frugality are to be commended but follow them on in an increasing ratio and… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
But the fact is that when wine is taken in moderation, it gives rise to a large amount of breath, whose character… — Avicenna Copy Share Image
I think I am an actress and I'm artistic and I love spontaneity and all of that, but I just decided really… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
Impressionists have to paint with a very broad stroke because you've got to see it within a couple of seconds. You go,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
“I am charged with guarding sanity, not morality. If you want to stay together, do not split. If you want peace, do… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
One of my jobs as an actor, regardless of who I play - even if I'm playing a despicable character - is… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I must admit that I do have a particular soft spot for the character of the chameleon-trickster goddess Ris in Dreams of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
When we live habitually with the wicked, we become necessarily either their victim or their disciple; when we associate, on the contrary,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
No matter what you set out to do and how you set out to do it, you ultimately have to be who… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we're not supposed to be concerned with the moral… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Davellon may be a village, but the Davellon House can be anything you make it. Nobility has to start somewhere. It might… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
I fell in love with the classical crossover genre when I was on AGT. I found out that I could use the… — Barbara Padilla Copy Share Image
“Fine sermons have been preached on the text that those who have should share with those who have not, but he who… — Pyotr Kropotkin Copy Share Image
One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I felt like if I could get the epiphany out of the way in my drafting process, through my eighth or tenth… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
Our commitment should be to leave our environment in better shape than when we found it, our nation's fiscal house in better… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
I did The Seagull, the Chekhov play, on Broadway, a couple of years ago, and I had done it in London, and… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
America has invested her religion as well as her morality in sound income-paying securities. She has adopted the unassailable position of a… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
One reason for the decline in moral values is that the world has invented a new, constantly changing and undependable standard of… — David B. Haight Copy Share Image
When you start digging into things like character, though, the notion that people have high character or low character is very strong.… — L. Todd Rose Copy Share Image
There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I think you should identify with your character, but plenty of people like themselves and hate themselves. You just have to find… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Obviously, when you're in theater, you have to be in character. You have to prepare for the unexpected. You have to be… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
The books take a year just to do the drawing. I will travel to a country to do the research and get… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything. Once you say the character… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
You never know where your next job is going to lead you, down the road. One single episode that might seem so… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
I couldn't stand for a flag that represented tyranny and oppression. Not just from a domestic perspective but from a global one.… — Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Copy Share Image
A problem that I have with everything fictional is that writers are always having to come up with sudden artillery explosions in… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Now if you have proofs to bring forward, bring them forward, and your moral discourse as well; if you have no enthymemes,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain… Unlike the slight… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
