Character Quotes · Page 327

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

— Benjamin Jowett

Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.

— Betty Gilpin

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

— Larry Wall

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

— Lucy Larcom

It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

An ethical man survives in a bureaucratic post only if he puts his ethics in second place.

— Gordon R Dickson

“Somehow I know that Nikki will never love me as much-no matter how much I improve my character.”

— Matthew Quick

Reputation is what people think of you but character is what you think you are.

— Keith Mosaic

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the…

— Ida B. Wells

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The mark of a strong character lies not in doing what is fun to do or what is easy to do. The…

— Santanu Mishra

A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is.…

— Raoul Peck

The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition.…

— Barack Obama

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for…

— Marcus Aurelius

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children.…

— George Eliot

The problem was, you couldn't have one without the other. There couldn't be a bad guy unless there was a good guy…

— Jodi Picoult

I wanted to take a damaged individual in a damaged society with damaged relationships between nations and take a look at how…

— Steven Knight

I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is…

— Michael Scott

“The feeling of solidarity is the leading characteristic of all animals living in society. The eagle devours the sparrow, the wolf devours…

— Peter Kropotkin

Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't…

— Michael Rooker

“What can it profit a man to gain the whole world and to come to his property with a gastric ulcer, a…

— John Steinbeck

I wrote this script in 2003, when I was a humble college student, sitting in my boxers and writing in my dorm…

— Evan Daugherty

“Life'd be a lot easier if it were like a fairy tale," said Cassandra, "if people belonged to stock character types." "Oh,…

— Kate Morton

I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing the world and the…

— Danny Pudi

“Evolution is dismissive of the eternity of moral duty and moral laws.”

— Herman Bavinck

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

— Stefan Edberg

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is…

— Ozwald Boateng

I always love to do something different and new and be challenged by different characters.

— Emilie de Ravin

While in other films I've always played a character, 'Naach' sees me playing a personality.

— Antara Mali

“Character is who you are under pressure, not when everything is fine.” —RITU GHATOURY”

— Kory Kogon

Style is a display of character. It's also a great way to express yourself and the ladies like it.

— Trey Songz

It's more difficult for me to get into a character in the lead-up as opposed to leaving it.

— Dacre Montgomery

I am happy to be part of 'Sajjan Re Phir Jhooth Mat Bolo.' This character is something that I have not done…

— Sharat Saxena

Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

My character of Ammaji in 'Solhah Singaarr' is that of strict matriarch who adheres to her values.

— Sudha Chandran

What I love about my work is that I'm forced to look through my character's eyes.

— Joseph Fiennes

If character be irrecoverably lost, then indeed there will be nothing left worth saving.

— Samuel Smiles

The difference between a hero and a villain is that they just make different choices.

— Tom Hiddleston

The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.

— Zach Anner

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

— Quintilian