Character Quotes · Page 106

THE POWER OF THE GROUP We all want to feel a sense of belonging. This isn’t a character flaw. It’s fundamental to…

— Rosalind Wiseman

The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be…

— Jean Rhys

When I was younger I was much more polemical and didactic, much less trusting. Inherently my own vision of the world would…

— Eve Ensler

I can see the character in a photograph, in the way a guy stands or holds his hands, the way he buckles…

— Richard Gere

To be one and to be united is a great thing .But to respect the right to be different is even greater.

— Shruti

The twentieth-century conservative is concerned, first of all, for the regeneration of the spirit and character – with the perennial problem of…

— Russell Kirk

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

— Anonymous

Beautiful women rarely possess sufficient depth of character to survive without their pretty feathers.

— Karen Marie Moning

tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult.

— Erica Jong

I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can…

— Lauren Mayberry

I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems…

— E. Lockhart

I definitely acknowledge that 'The Matrix' and Trinity had an influence on female action-oriented characters in television and in film. I think…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

Any time you get to dig deeper into your character, you welcome it, especially on a TV show.

— Josh Charles

In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very…

— Katie Leung

When we see a special reformer we feel like asking him, What right have you, sir, to your own virtue? Is virtue…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of,…

— Sarah Waters

When I go to the movies, I'm expected to identify with all of the characters, and most of them are white. But…

— Kerry James Marshall

I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.

— Wentworth Miller

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Philly is a state of mind I’m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and it’s served…

— M. K. Asante

“Morality is a contraband in war.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Thou art moist and soft clay; thou must instantly be shaped by the glowing wheel. [Lat., Udum et molle lutum es: nunc,…

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then…

— Matthew Lewis

No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it…

— Roger Mudd

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

— Judy Blume

When you play a daily soap character that character lives with you for a really long time.

— Jasmin Bhasin

No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against…

— Anonymous

Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

— Austin Phelps

You have to make a choice, and you have to commit to a character. You're either a babyface or a character that…

— Eric Bischoff

With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered…

— Henry Fielding

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

— Sune Rose Wagner

“THE VIRTUE TRAP An artist must have downtime, time to do nothing. Defending our right to such time takes courage, conviction, and…

— Julia Cameron

Sacrifice is greater than love, character is greater than beauty, humanity is greater than wealth, but nothing is greater than good relations.

— Babloo

'Gob' is a character that I enjoy playing immensely because I have so much freedom to take his dim-wittedness to all sorts…

— Will Arnett

“3. Here ‘the attraction of sexual intercourse between parents and child or grandchild as incest’, ‘Oedipus complex’ and ‘abnormal attachment of persons…

— Lecturer M k Bhutta

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's…

— PJ Harvey

I think subconsciously because of my upbringing, I was very aware of values and morals and that's why I experienced the occasional…

— Anne Marie Miller

As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.

— Winona Ryder

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear…

— Charles Darwin

As a Shakespeare character, if you can persuade someone in a sentence or a speech, you've got it right.

— Tom Sturridge