Character Quotes · Page 224

“The truth is neither good nor bad. It is above evil. Above morality. It doesn’t offer anything besides itself.”

— Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

I'm pretty far from the character I play, so it's fun to mess around and be a 15-year-old again.

— Nicholas Braun

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

— H. L. Mencken

Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.

— Joseph Joubert

I am confident about who I am as a person, my character, and as a human being.

— Masai Ujiri

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

— Michael Shannon

You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so…

— J. B. Smoove

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

— Washington Allston

The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake; and if…

— Thomas Aquinas

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

— Myles Munroe

It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved…

— Frederick Scott Oliver

It is generally admitted, and very frequently proved, that virtue and genius, and all the natural good qualities which men possess, are…

— Theodore Hook

The reason I trained so hard in school was so that I could be versatile and play any character. With all these…

— Rutina Wesley

I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a…

— David Bowie

But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined…

— John Lloyd Young

Well, I don't think characters change. I think they become more revealed. I don't think you really can change a character on…

— Lisa Edelstein

'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could…

— Anonymous

“The theme of Smith’s first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, was the innate honesty of mankind. “How selfish soever man may…

— Steven D. Levitt

Because I had some roles that resonated with women, I immediately noticed that there were far more male characters than female characters…

— Geena Davis

“Would you have references?" "I'm awfully sorry but I haven't. I just arrived in New York, and don't know a soul. Except…

— Jack Finney

If either person isn't 100% committed to scale every mountain that comes before you to make your relationship work then you aren't…

— Cindy Wright

A lot of readers ask me, "Do you ever get emotional while writing the book?" or "Did you cry when you killed…

— Victoria Aveyard

I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue…

— Maya Angelou

“I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, [but] when my characters are…

— Anonymous

“A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.”

— Maralee McKee

I eat, sleep, and drink my character. It is my fantasy to go to another planet.

— Ace Frehley

I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder.

— William Shatner

“six fundamental virtues: love, wisdom, truth, goodness, mercy and justice. “Through”

— Gena Showalter

When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.

— Stewart O'Nan

The adventure evoked a quality of his character that he didn't know he possessed.

— Joseph Campbell

I look for a layered character who has problems and issues - which, by the way, we all do have.

— Charlie Heaton

All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

— Delmore Schwartz

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

— Stephen Dorff

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

— Clive Owen

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

— Jonah Hill

It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.

— Cassia Leo

I started doing standup when I was in college, and I would incorporate a lot of characters into my act.

— Roger Craig Smith

It Takes A Long Time To build Up A Good Reputation Which Can Be easily Destroyed By Misconduct.

— Pacifiersucker

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien…

— Jeremy Irons

I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.

— Rick Riordan