Character Quotes · Page 714

I was like, "Everybody sees my characters. Nobody sees me!"

— June Diane Raphael

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all…

— Thomas Jefferson

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

— Paul Haggis

Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea…

— Stephen Coonts

Writing a novel was like I had some Play-Doh to work with and could just keep working with it - doing a…

— Miranda July

I try to keep my voice natural for each character, but the spirit and the cadence and breathing for each character is…

— Finn Wolfhard

I'll always watch anything that Steve Coogan does in the character of Alan Partridge.

— Harry Shearer

'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more…

— Bailey Chase

I've always liked the downtrodden character on different shows. Before 'Parks,' I loved the Toby character on 'The Office.' I do like…

— Jim O'Heir

“Character is what you have when you've lost everything you can loose.”

— Evan Esar

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

— Vernon Howard

One thing I hate about the New Deal is that it is killing what, to me, is the American pioneering spirit. I…

— Rose Wilder Lane

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons.' Actually, not so much the actual playing as the creation of characters and the opportunity to roll…

— Michael Ian Black

A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly…

— Nelson Algren

Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.

— Honore de Balzac

I really liked it [The Andromeda Strain], and I don't know that it ever had the effect they were hoping for. I…

— Eric McCormack

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

— Zig Ziglar

I was just like, 'Oh, you do kind of have to create the character yourself. You have to create non-binary characters. You…

— E. R. Fightmaster

If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis…

— Woodrow Wilson

What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively…

— Howard Gordon

I know, we can barely fit them in. That is a big challenge. Treating four lead characters equally, within a 30-minute format,…

— Mark Duplass

I'm happy when people come up and say how they feel about what your character went through, you know, I went through…

— Kimberly Elise

We have audiences that seem to be embracing whether they've heard of the characters or not.

— Kevin Feige

There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't…

— Maika Monroe

Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do…

— Anonymous

I think that in general - well, at least it's true for me - you tend to put something of yourself into…

— Sam Lake

“Penance should be but the means to increase virtue according to the needs of the individual, and according to what the soul…

— Catherine of Siena

Everyday we see your heart and character, inspiring all of us to give more of ourselves.'You are the leader to take us…

— Beyonce Knowles

Believe in yourself don't lower your moral to fit it just be true to yourself

— Syntific

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by…

— Jon Meacham

I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're…

— Forest Whitaker

“You can be moral without following the law, and you can be immoral while following the law.”

— Brandon Sanderson

My mom, who is a very strong Christian woman, will often ask me how some of the characters I play glorify God.…

— Sterling K. Brown

Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.

— Horace

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will…

— Fran Lebowitz

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

— Bryan Stevenson

Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your…

— Laozi

My character is very multi-faceted, very powerful, she can get in the ring and do an array of things but I like…

— Bianca Belair

'Deep Red' (1975) is my favorite movie. The character David Hemmings plays is very much based on my own personality. It was…

— Dario Argento

Discipline is training that corrects and perfects our mental faculties or molds our moral character. Discipline is control gained by enforced obedience.…

— Charles R. Swindoll