Character Quotes · Page 201

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

— Kenzaburo Oe

We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

— Epictetus

The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.

— Anais Nin

I'm not playing a fixed character on 'Comedy Nights Live;' in fact I would be seen portraying various characters.

— Rashami Desai

Honestly, I don't think screen space matters much; it's the impact your character creates that is important.

— Anupama Parameswaran

Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?

— Elyse Fitzpatrick

Id like to be in anything that tells a good story and has an interesting character.

— John Boyega

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

— Herbert Hoover

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect…

— Catherine the Great

There is to be found in every religion the manifestation of the struggle toward freedom. It is the groundwork of all morality,…

— Swami Vivekananda

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 don't consider roles like in 'Die Hard' what I do. This is like a hobby. It's fun. I had a good…

— Bonnie Bedelia

I like marginal characters, I like real people. I learn more from talking to my plumber when he comes to fix my…

— Jim Jarmusch

“the problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure there going to have some pretty…

— Elizabeth Taylor

Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right. High ethical standards, across the board.

— Price Pritchett

You are always working towards the moments in which characters experience reckonings or insight or change. I like to track them past…

— Dana Spiotta

I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and…

— Jose Rizal

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in. To keep these characters static - like Superman…

— Brian Azzarello

Honestly, Think Like a Man was the first romantic comedy that I liked. I'd kind of avoided them for awhile because I…

— Michael Ealy

“How a person treats wait staff speaks volumes about their character and values. If they misbehave in this scenario, you can likely…

— Susan C. Young

That was one of the reasons why I wanted to tell the story of Colin Price. I saw someone in this fictionalized…

— Nicolas Cage

Every character I've had in my act - none of them have a similar creation story. I actually thought up Peanut and…

— Jeff Dunham

You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take…

— Barry Levinson

We're looking at a lot of race cars as inspiration for our starships. It's wonderful. It's surreal. I didn't want to be…

— Bryan Fuller

I tend to always love material with flawed protagonists and morally ambiguous people.

— Laura Dern

If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.

— Sibel Kekilli

If you are going to be a big personality, you've got to have some kind of characteristic gimmick.

— Farley Mowat

The poets needed to learn to pay greater attention to character and to narrative.

— Edward Hirsch

He loves you or your beauty.. Try to reserve you beauty but character's going to be the winner.

— Achi_chathy

In Hindi films, there is a definite slot for every character and situation.

— Urmila Matondkar

A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Fundamental accuracy of statement is the ONE sole morality of writing.

— Ezra Pound

If you are watching fanatically over the morality of your children you may yourself be not completely in order.

— Janusz Korczak

I wanted to have the strongest band. I was always looking for the strongest characters.

— Yoshiki

“Social Roles Do Not Define Character; Character Defines Social Roles”

— monk of YHVH

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

— George Whitefield

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

— Mahatma Gandhi

People can be incredibly proprietary about Superman. They think that the character belongs to them.

— Elvis Mitchell

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.

— Berkeley Breathed

Man's chief moral deficiency appears to be not his indiscretions but his reticence.

— Hannah Arendt