Character Quotes · Page 31

Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.

— John Dryden

Remember this, and remember this well: when someone is telling the TRUTH and exposing information that is meant to be hidden from…

— Suzy Kassem

The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But…

— Blaise Pascal

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, aren’t flawless and chances are they are not…

— Craig Hart

I love writing from enclosed spaces: you really learn about your characters when they have tight walls to push against.

— Lauren Groff

I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at…

— Lorraine Toussaint

If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it…

— Hugh Jackman

There used to be times when I used to be bothered about box office, director, producer, the actress... If those ticks were…

— Prosenjit Chatterjee

Once you're into a story everything seems to apply-what you overhear on a city bus is exactly what your character would say…

— Eudora Welty

I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct…

— Nadia Ali

“Modern society, the political body, the legal and judiciary system, the state of governance, capitalism and the very fabric of the society…

— Bryant McGill

No-one tells you about being in episodic television and it ending. No-one tells you how painful it is. How bizarre it is…

— Zawe Ashton

I got to work with Juliette Lewis in my fourth real movie, which was such a cool full-circle moment. Her character in…

— Diana Silvers

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling…

— Trudi Canavan

“The television commercial is not at all about the character of products to be consumed. It is about the character of the…

— Neil Postman

“My longitudinal studies show these three virtue clusters predict different outcomes. For academic achievement, including stellar report card grades, the cluster containing…

— Angela Duckworth

Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“We can’t see the true characters of those who lurk in the shade until they are exposed to the light…”

— Nanette L. Avery

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is…

— Anthony Burgess

I was really attracted to doing 'Game of Thrones' because I thought the character of Meera was absolutely amazing.

— Ellie Kendrick

In our post-Freudian world, it is no longer a goal to become people of character who live out a God-ordained ideal of…

— Tony Campolo

I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I…

— Ray Stevenson

I'd rather marry a poor man with a rich heart, than a rich man with a poor heart.

— Anonymous

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that…

— Franz Grillparzer