Character Quotes · Page 79

Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of chloroform! It has given more positive pleasure to…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

“Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.”

— Sue Grafton

I remember when I was still in the church, I wanted so badly to be normal, and that was the only thing…

— Sophie Thatcher

“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”

— Anonymous

I still wrestle with the catharsis of acting. I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself…

— James Ransone

I would take it to heart if people were mad about something my character did.

— Lucy Hale

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what…

— Chris Abani

We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might…

— Edward Gibbon

I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I'll produce that one, but if I direct…

— Guillermo del Toro

[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

— George Washington

Bond in 'Goldeneye' is pretty much a set character. To be honest, he's another version of Connery, and Connery was terrific. How…

— Martin Campbell

Our moral faculties must be placed highest, else they can no more flourish than could a plant growing under the shade and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which…

— Charles Caleb Colton

In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence…

— John Tukey

I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But…

— Harry Shearer

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

— Patrick Henry

“The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of…

— Germaine Greer

“You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.”

— James Anthony Froude

I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.

— Jessica Chastain

My moral obligation is to God. I won't curse in God's name.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

“I remember arguing that moral greatness had little meaning without action to effect the moral end.”

— Geraldine Brooks

Nothing affects my acting. Acting is something I do with my soul so it embodies a lot of things. For me, I…

— Genevieve Nnaji

The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a…

— Matthew Arnold

'Ten Days in the Valley' has everything: It's a thriller, it's a taut, exciting love story, and it has the kind of…

— Channing Dungey

We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals…

— Price Pritchett

But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most…

— Sienna Miller

“Thinking in art and morals and even mathematics is neither the reflection in consciousness of a mechanical order in the brain nor…

— Brand Blanshard

I don't think of an actor. I think in the character, and then I search for the actor. Usually I'm thinking without…

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

My role is Katara: in 'The Last Airbender,' I'm a water bender from the southern water tribe, and my character is really…

— Nicola Peltz

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better.…

— Vinessa Shaw

My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.

— David McCullough

Many writers struggle with exposition in their novels. Often they heap it on in large chunks of straight narrative. Back story –…

— James Scott Bell

In some socialist states well-performed work is rewarded with moral stimulants instead of material ones. However, the moral stimulants cannot be explained…

— Alija Izetbegovic

The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove…

— George Whitefield

For me, I just like to be as fun as possible, but I do like to bring a lot to a character.…

— Katie Cassidy

I came to realize that my money problems, worries, and shortages largely began and ended with the person in my mirror. I…

— Dave Ramsey

“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want…

— James Davison Hunter

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called…

— Jeff Britting

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

— William Ellery Channing

A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this…

— Elijah Wood