Character Quotes · Page 221

The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher.

— Jacques Maritain

I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

— Sara Zarr

When a man sets to imitate another man but not his morals, then he have decided to add mess to the society.

— Terry Mark

I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.

— John Hurt

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

— Mike White

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.” She”

— Christine Wiltz

“My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.”

— Mark Lawrence

I was thinking about the difference in voice between the different characters. Each voice has to be unique. Hypothetically you should be…

— Jesmyn Ward

I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it…

— Bill Nighy

I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you're playing, everything else follows. It comes right out…

— Mercedes Ruehl

The only way to play Blair, or any character, and make her human, is to find what she is inside me, and…

— Leighton Meester

I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because…

— Kate Winslet

“I write characters that are ultimately flawed. Individual morality motivates character action. They all have a different view of right and wrong.…

— Peter P. Sellers

“Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good…

— Anonymous

Gordon Brown is a character from a tragic opera, twisted by ambition and a Presbyterian sense of fateful destiny. He has waited…

— A. A. Gill

The difference between the world of pictures and the world of printed matter is extraordinary and hard to define. A picture is…

— Don DeLillo

Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place…

— William Saroyan

We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue…

— Horace Bushnell

Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence…

— Lisa Unger

That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very…

— Jean de la Bruyere

The web of hypocrisy of today hangs on the frontiers of two domains, between which our time swings back and forth, attaching…

— Max Stirner

Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The…

— Pope Francis

Before you are five and twenty you must establish a character that will serve you all your life.

— Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

— Maria Edgeworth

In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.

— Aristotle

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.

— Amy Smart

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

— Eric Heiden

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

— Michael Pitt

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

— Antonio Banderas

We want our villains and antagonists to have distinct motivations.

— Bryan Konietzko

I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth.

— Keri Russell

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

— Muhammad Yunus

On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

— Anonymous

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I haven't become a satanist, but I am fascinated by the character of the devil.

— Robert Lepage

The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Very rarely does a character or role become larger than the actor.

— Arshad Warsi