Character Quotes · Page 1,226

One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if…

— Kate Zambreno

One of the reasons they [the Japanese] have bad eyesight is probably these microscopic characters [furigana] which have many lines and strokes…

— L. Ron Hubbard

I take things on a day to day basis when it gets really hectic. But I do think long term and I'm…

— Erika Christensen

Society has sacrificed its virtues to the Goddess of Getting Along.

— John Ruskin

You need to find that killer instinct. To get that spitefulness, but luckily I'm a spiteful character when it comes to boxing…

— Josh Taylor

I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the…

— Nestor Carbonell

'Star Trek' is a 'Wagon Train' concept - built around characters who travel to worlds 'similar' to our own, and meet the…

— Gene Roddenberry

When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story,…

— Josh Hutcherson

Fiction writers learn about the development of metaphor, the use of rhythm, the way that language is compacted in order to express…

— Edward Hirsch

At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all…

— Adepero Oduye

Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Plants grow most in the darkest hours preceding dawn; so do human souls. Nature always pays for a brave fight. Sometimes she…

— William George Jordan

I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and…

— David B. Coe

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

— James A. Michener

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a…

— Jim Webb

I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.

— Chad Lowe

For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

— Charles Kingsley

I love my job. It's such a privilege to be able to play such complicated characters. Growing up, I wanted to be…

— Ashley Bell

Hardly a name in profane history is more august than his. Hardly another character in the world's record has made so little…

— Justin Winsor

If you hate me it is because I have morals.

— Anonymous

That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.

— Rhys Darby

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

— Maria Montessori

I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character.…

— Cary Fukunaga