Character Quotes · Page 236

Sometimes your gift takes you to a place that your character is not prepared to handle.

— Kwame Kilpatrick

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

The system of morality to be gathered from the ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel.

— Jonathan Swift

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.

— John Singleton

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A picture doesn't clearly define a person's true character,it only tells the person's feelings through facial expressions

— Jummie

“Surely it is better that the immoral learn morality through adversity than that the moral forget morality in prosperity.”

— isaac asimov

Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the…

— Ronald Reagan

“God doesn’t see as man sees. It is a facet of His character to see people in light of who they will…

— Kristen M. Smeltzer

I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not…

— Neil Simon

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he…

— Owen Feltham

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime…

— Albert Brooks

I never came across a character who was brilliant, funny, flawed and just happened to have a disability. That's why I've written…

— Rosie Jones

Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of…

— Jane Horrocks

When I was watching 'Padmaavat,' Khilji's character reminded me of Azam Khan ji, how he had harassed me during elections when I…

— Jaya Prada

“His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities. The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It…

— Aldous Huxley

At that age, filming Harry Potter, I never contemplated. I just went in there and did my acting. I never thought, "What's…

— Matthew Lewis

Things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take…

— Warwick Davis

Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . .…

— Aristotle

My hope is that I'm going to continue to make more and more challenging work that's going to come out more and…

— Darren Aronofsky

That author who draws a character, even though to common view incongruous in its parts, as the flying-squirrel, and, at differentperiods, as…

— Herman Melville

“We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be “taught a lesson,” when we really want to punish. We were…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations."…

— Chris Lilley

Whenever I do a movie I always like to base my character off of a couple different characters.

— The Miz

I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time.

— Keir Dullea

Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby.

— Paul Newman

I really enjoy doing cameos. It is just a day's work, and you get to play a new character.

— Ranveer Singh

For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.

— Vin Diesel

But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men.

— James Madison

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington

“Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue.

— Vera Brosgol

“Building stuff was an ethical act, a way to become more fully human.”

— Jason Fagone

When it comes to a character, I make sure that it adds to the plot.

— Tamannaah

I've always said golf can be a turn-off - all those middle-aged men in bad jumpers. I want to be a bit…

— Ian Poulter

At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.

— Russell Hornsby

Where are the good guys with disfigurements, where are the characters with disfigurements where it isn't even mentioned?

— Adam Pearson

The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

— Anonymous

The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.

— John Ortberg