Intelligence, like fire, is a power that is neither good nor bad in itself but rather takes its virtue, its moral coloring,… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself. — Sam Claflin Copy Share Image
I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable. — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
We shot some stuff for 'Sex and the City' on the street outside of Tiffany's, which was always crazy. We were doing… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
There is no single test or formula for producing moral progress anymore than there is for generating scientific truths. It is a… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
`Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I've been doing It's Aways Sunny for 12 years, and so I have this cable sensibility. When I read the Grinder script,… — Mary Elizabeth Ellis Copy Share Image
I always had a sense that clothes, be it uniform or vintage, could help to create a character. — Collier Schorr Copy Share Image
“Everything in your story world has one of three basic meanings to each character: good, bad, or neutral.” — Randy Ingermanson Copy Share Image
The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
“All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need… — Meng Zi Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I get up after writing, I'm surprised at how my body feels. Suddenly I'm not a lanky, hungry young boy… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director shows you his imagination… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
