Courage is the chiaroscuro of characteristics. By that I…

One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice.

— Jim Lee

“What makes a good leader? I ask myself this every day, and then as I begin to list off characteristics I realize I’m describing…

— Jarod Kintz

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all…

— Jonathan Dee

Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It…

— Karen Marie Moning

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories…

— Elizabeth Loftus

Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public service—considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative…

— Anonymous

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

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

— Mary Livermore

God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits…

— Poemen

The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant.…

— Amy Trask

Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron…

— Lewis Mumford

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception…

— Leon Trotsky

It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain'…

— Galen Strawson