Character Quotes · Page 353

When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.

— Thomas Jefferson

Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels, but they live like men.

— Samuel Johnson

All societies make necessary moral distinctions between high crimes and misdemeanors, mortal and lesser sins.

— Bret Stephens

It gives you a high when you create characters and make them do what you want them to do.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

“The moral high ground proved to be one hell of an aphrodisiac...”

— Eve A. Floriste

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not…

— Carroll O'Connor

One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.

— Hillary Clinton

For me, the content and the character that I play are the two most important factors.

— Rubina Dilaik

That which reminds us of nature and thus stimulates a feeling for the infinite abundance of life is beautiful. Nature is organic,and…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Imagination helps me to become part of that journey that I'm going through in font of the camera, or in front of…

— Kim Cattrall

I did a film that was similar to that world, which was Brotherly Love, and the audience fell in love with [my…

— Cory Hardrict

After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and…

— Edward Hopper

I'm going to try to play some good guys for a while and just see how that is. It's hard to enjoy…

— Mark Strong

“Ours is a visual world with citizens who delight in those who appear good or gifted or great. Thus, we find it…

— Rick Rigsby

In your judgment virtue requires no reward, and is to be sought for itself, unaccompanied by external benefits. [Lat., Judice te mercede…

— Ovid

Integrity is surely not a conditional word. It sways not, to the rythm of the winds nor ever change with the weather.…

— Chris Njenga

The combination of such characters, some, as the sacral ones, altogether peculiar among Reptiles, others borrowed, as it were, from groups now…

— Richard Owen

The story of 'A Dog's Purpose' flowed into me a set piece. The entire book was just there, as if I were…

— W. Bruce Cameron

“We are allowed to suffer and allowed to observe the sufferings of others, which is sometimes even more difficult, so that we…

— Serena Chase

The fact of the matter is, Obama and the Democrats did a number on Mitt Romney's reputation and his character and his…

— Rush Limbaugh

“of light and life, thou Good Supreme!           O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself!           Save me from folly, vanity, and…

— Benjamin Franklin

Virtue is the nursing-mother of all human pleasures, who, in rendering them just, renders them also pure and permanent; in moderating them,…

— Socrates

“Throughout my life, until this very moment, whatever virtue I have accomplished, including any benefit that may come from this book, I…

— Pema Chödrön

You can't have a bad time at Disney World. It's not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they…

— Dave Barry

Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really

— Manu Joseph

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

— David Harsanyi

I'm a real geek. I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

— Felicity Jones

Building a character - nothing gives me more high than the process of exploring someone else's life on screen.

— Rajkummar Rao

To me, when I watch movies, it's always fun to watch the bad cop or the bad guy.

— Alexander Skarsgard

Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories.

— Jeff Britting

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

— Robert Duvall

I always do what the character demands, and I love to experiment with my looks.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

— Sylvester Stallone

I certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character.

— Peter Jacobson

Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always.

— Omar Sharif

“Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose.”

— Vikram Roy

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

— Pacifiersucker

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

— Roger Craig Smith

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

— Cassia Leo

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

— Rick Riordan