After all, every use of language without exception has…

The leading and characteristic features of the morbid state to which I would direct your attention are, anaemia, general languor and debility, remarkable feebleness…

— Thomas Addison

At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

— Roman Jakobson

“...every language without exception has some, but not all, of the characteristic features of lies--if no other, then at least the feature simply of…

— Harry G. Franfurt

It is not like studying German, where you mull along, in a groping, uncertain way, for thirty years; and at last, just as you…

— Mark Twain

“Mr. Harrison was certainly different from other people…and that is the essential characteristic of a crank, as everybody knows.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“Insanity is my dominant characteristic. - Christina McCall”

— William Bernhardt

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

— Confucius

One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.

— Valerie Plame

“But they will not be, primarily because the most salient characteristic of the victim-prone person is the conviction that he or she is watched…

— Margaret Cheney

On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life…

— Arthur Henderson

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.

— Adolf Hitler

Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us.…

— Troy Polamalu

I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to…

— Bertrand Russell

“Facebook also has a fundamental characteristic that has proven key to its appeal in country after country—you only see friends there.”

— David Kirkpatrick

A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in…

— Carl Rogers