The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I want people to come away from my book with questions," she says. "Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Trump is kind of fascinating. I wish he was only seen in black-and-white 'cause he's like a character from the 1890s. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
It's much better as an actor if you can bring as much of yourself as possible to a character. — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
“A person’s character, I realize, is never black-and-white. There is so much gray.” — Jessica Warman Copy Share Image
We as actors ought to breathe life into a character and do it seamlessly to connect with the audiences. — Tridha Choudhury Copy Share Image
Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
It's obvious that if you're going to play a character you need to amass information about that person and about their environment… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The folkish state must not adjust its entire educational work primarily to the inoculation of mere knowledge, but to the breeding of… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Though virtue give a ragged livery, she gives a golden cognizance; if her service make thee poor, blush not. Thy poverty may… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself -… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
For me, as I've said many times, the story is not research. The story is how the characters relate with each other… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image