The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you are worthless… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked. Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
You have this certain about of responsibility to play a fictitious character and you have a script that's guiding you and the… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Those ethical choices often are made every day at a time, minute by minute in ways that you may not even relate… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
“So far, we’ve discussed how you start with a germinal idea and what makes a good one; then we discussed the villain… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
When all the mysticism is stripped away, the people who comprise the government (the legislators, administrators, judges, and policemen), are guided by… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Every man, in proportion to his virtue, considers himself, with respect to the great community of mankind, as the steward and guardian… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable… — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
“Character? I should have thought it needed a good deal of character to throw up a career after half an hour’s meditation,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I do what I can, but I'll always give it a shot. You're not going to see me playing a Welsh character… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I think there's this new kind of character; it's a sidekick-slash-leading man role. People like Zach Galifianakis and Seth Rogen have been… — Tyler Labine Copy Share Image
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There are simple things which would make sense. Take, say, weatherization, which would make a big cut in the unemployment rate. That's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Understanding child development takes the emphasis away from the child's character--looking at the child as good or bad. The emphasis is put… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
I feel like if you aren't honest and if you don't let go and ease up off of the narrator, then the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Mr. Pickwick took a seat and the paper, but instead of reading the latter, peeped over the top of it, and took… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“One of the most troubling facts I have had to accept is that people are not all angel or all devil. They… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The majority of parents are poor psychologists and give their children the most questionable moral trainings. It is perhaps in this domain… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
“The Active Life If an expert does not have some problem to vex him, he is unhappy! If a philosopher's teaching is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise, courage will vanish, which should… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Silence Of The Lambs is a fantastic film. It's a horror film, and it's an incredibly well-told film that is about point… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
“He sees as well as you do that courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
With high fashion, it's a performance. You're trying to interpret a fantasy in a very physical way, and you really are playing… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Stocks, like individuals, have character and personality. Some are high- strung, nervous, and jumpy: others are forthright, direct, logical. One comes to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Isabel had firm views on moral proximity and the obligations it created. WE cannot choose the situations in which we become involved… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Vermont tradition is based on the idea that group life should leave each person as free as possible to arrange his own… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
“When someone says "I Love You," it is imperative that you know if you are loved for "WHAT you are" or "WHO… — Olaotan Fawehinmi Copy Share Image
Even though I had a great deal of respect for children's TV and theatre, it wasn't my intent to specialize solely in… — Stephanie D'Abruzzo Copy Share Image
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
“The main reason for moral inconsistencies and betrayals, Ayn Rand believed, is that men have been taught to pursue ideals that are… — Robert James Bidinotto Copy Share Image
