Character Quotes · Page 280

“It's clear to me that if we raise children with no moral compass, we are planting the seeds of our own destruction.”

— Glenn Beck

In 'Nach... ', I go all out, but 'Saraswati... ' is an introvert character. The two things are totally opposite.

— Gautam Rode

I don't know what's wrong with me - I don't know why I only get picked to play strange characters!

— Olly Alexander

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

“True character is revealed not by the actions taken for personal gain, but by those made when there is nothing to be…

— Ndah Ayim

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

— Simone Weil

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

— Ronald Reagan

Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.

— Grace Gummer

I was doing Hamlet in the off-season, and I had a specific idea in my mind about what I wanted that character…

— Michael Shanks

I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a…

— Josh Ryan Evans

I always felt like I was kind of faking it. I wasn't sure how to create a character. I wasn't sure how…

— Fala Chen

You don't often get a chance to record with the other actors who are playing the characters, mainly due to the fact…

— Elijah Wood

I choose a film only if my character has got importance. My character should have some weight. I shouldn't be someone who…

— Catherine Tresa

I'm kind of shocked any time somebody hires me and even more shocked any time somebody hires me to play a character…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre…

— Shamna Kasim

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch one another and find sympathy. We differ widely…

— Jerome K. Jerome

When you do a TV show, the cumulative intimacy you develop with the audience through your characters is pretty profound. It may…

— Howard Gordon

Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government…

— Robert Higgs

This is a major, wide-ranging, and comprehensive book. A philosophical investigation that is also a literary and historical study, Truth and Truthfulness…

— Alexander Nehamas

I choose jobs quite selfishly. I do them for me and the exploration you get to go on with a character... seeing…

— Elaine Cassidy

On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city…

— Raymond Williams

The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this…

— Anthony Trollope

Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When…

— Michael Fassbender

This movie [ Buried] is strange, because it's such an extraordinary situation, both as a character and as an actor. Both of…

— Ryan Reynolds

ELANTRIS is a new BEN HUR for the fantasy genre, with a sweeping, epic storyline and closely personal characters.

— Kevin J. Anderson

My voice has a lot of character and kind of doesn't sound like a lot of people's.

— Kristian Bush

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

— George Washington

Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him.

— Junior Seau

“Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good”

— Soke Behzad Ahmadi

The secret of inner success is constancy to our highest character. -

— Sri Chinmoy

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.

— Charlotte Riley

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

— Andrew Young

“Ability may take you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.”

— Suzy Kassem

To judge human character rightly, a man may sometimes have very small experience, provided he has a very large heart.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” “Perhaps”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“The products your life must have could be in the form of an improved character and virtue.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The moral: Money, position, health, handsomeness, and talent aren’t everything.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.

— V. S. Naipaul