Character Quotes · Page 244

I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me.

— Miranda July

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

— Albert Camus

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.

— Anonymous

“A character whose name is a joke cannot be taken seriously. (Page 188)”

— M.B.B. Biskupski

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine.

— Albert Camus

Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol.

— John L'Heureux

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

— E. M. Forster

“But mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice.”

— Brent Weeks

My [story] outlines are usually about 5-6 pages long. I'm essentially telling myself the story in short form. I try to make…

— Chevy Stevens

I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and…

— Susan B. Anthony

The Henty books provide training in history and in many of the highest aspects of human character... American young people should read…

— Arthur B. Robinson

I still feel there is more to this Kenny Omega character, and there are more stories I need to tell, and New…

— Kenny Omega

Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck…

— James Gunn

“Morality and freedom are as certainly the only bases of the happiness and dignity of the human race as the system of…

— Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

I would really like it if someone knows me more for a character that I've played. If they call out the character's…

— Kriti Sanon

The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings.…

— Albert Einstein

“A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every…

— Mark Twain

The idea of suggesting that Hannibal Lecter - in the book, he has a sixth finger and red eyes, and so there…

— Bryan Fuller

Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write…

— Anne Rice

We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor…

— David Ogilvy

I exhort you never to debase the moral currency or to lower the standard of rectitude, but to try others by the…

— Lord Acton

The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I think the idea, first and foremost, is to understand that people may label these characters as villains, but at the end…

— Edi Gathegi

“If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I am pretty sure I will never get a better character name than Japonica Fenway.

— Sasha Pieterse

My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which…

— Rakul Preet Singh

There has to be something that I like about a character for me to be able to play him.

— Stephen Graham

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

— Lord Chesterfield

The moral sentiments that constrain economic life also promote it.

— Ted Malloch

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

— Elisabeth Moss

Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.

— Mason Cooley

I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in…

— Barry Humphries

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

— Jonathan Demme

To embody a character, you have to lose all judgment about them.

— Clemence Poesy

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Truth begets humility, which is the virtue of virtues, and charity gives it life and form.”

— Peter J. Arnoudt

If we talk about character actors they are always in demand. Actress like Aruna Irani will always be needed in a script.

— Sudha Chandran

I understand that I may make mistakes with characters who don't share my own background, but I commit to doing my best.

— Kelley Armstrong

Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.

— Tara Strong