Character Quotes · Page 213

The most interesting thing about characters are their blind spots. They miss the periphery.

— Sam Richardson

Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play.

— Shaggy

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

— Oswald Chambers

“Poverty of character is not a personality flaw,its is the bankruptcy of morals”

— Bluenscottish

Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.

— William Osler

Of course, every city has its own character, but I enjoy coming to Delhi.

— Akshaye Khanna

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

— Harry Hamlin

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

— Bayard Taylor

The way I approach acting when there's a real life character, it's sort of like a Venn diagram. What I come up…

— John Lithgow

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to…

— Shawn Wayans

“A moral dilemma is equally absorbing whether the stakes are the destiny of nations or the happiness of one or two people…

— Alexander McCall Smith

To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the…

— Tryon Edwards

“All men can see these tactics Whereby I master; But out of which evolve profits None can see the character. Strategy without…

— Amah Lambert

It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy…

— Henry Rollins

Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and…

— Samuel Griswold Goodrich

There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also…

— Sri Aurobindo

Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory…

— Arianna Huffington

I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He…

— John C. McGinley

I know nothing about pistols and revolvers, which is why I usually kill off my characters with a blunt instrument or better…

— Agatha Christie

Assimilation of the fruits of each past life takes place before the spirit descends to rebirth, and consequently, the character generated is…

— Max Heindel

“We need to return from the self-centred concept of sincerity to the other-centred concept of truth. We are not isolated free choosers,…

— Iris Murdoch

I think of House as a deeply moral character, though some would no doubt argue with me. He does not judge. Beyond…

— Hugh Laurie

“Never permit circumstances to change your plans, but give so much character to your plans that they will change circumstances. Give so…

— Christian D. Larson

With a character like a Captain Jack, who can essentially set up these verbal land mines around him, and just keep passing…

— Johnny Depp

“What used to be moral is aesthetic for us. What was social is now individual.”

— Fernando Pessoa

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

— Zig Ziglar

“My Son-in-law astutely observes that a Man’s sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases,”

— Diana Gabaldon

Christianity knows no truth which is not the child of love and the parent of duty.

— Phillips Brooks

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

— Alphonse Karr

I love playing the vamp, and I get sent out for a lot of that stuff, maybe because I do it well.

— Jamie Luner

A mother's example sketches the outline of her child's character.

— Tim Howard

I grew up watching Scooby Doo and Thelma was my favourite character.

— MyAnna Buring

“the morality of capitalism, just like the morality of democracy, is rooted in consent.”

— Dinesh D'Souza

Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.

— Dolly Parton

Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

— Suge Knight

There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.

— George Holyoake

“The moral high ground to which I aspired had turned into a slippery slope.”

— Alfred Alcorn

I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.

— William Shakespeare

“He was a character. A character who should still be here. Damn it all to hell. He should still be here.”

— Lisa Schroeder

If you watch a movie, it never happens that you see a character that is in every single scene.

— Patrick Huard