It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character. — Donald Sinden Copy Share Image
The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's cool to show different sides of myself and my character. I feel like not that many people get to do that. — Carmella Copy Share Image
When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others. — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“When in doubt, give a character big, blown-up eyes and puffy lips.” — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
If you get on a TV show that's successful, odds are that you're playing the same character for as many years as… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
The structure of 'March' was laid down for me before the first line was written, because my character has to exist within… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
When it comes to morality, I'd rather have an unfaithful president like Bill Clinton, who tried to reform welfare, than a faithful… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
In 'Out of the Dark,' I'm talking about my own life. I'm not talking as a character or speaking as a character.… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the… — Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Copy Share Image
'Newton' is a black comedy, a social satire. Amit Masurkar is directing the movie, and Drishyam films is producing. Rajkummar Rao is… — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
There is of course a dark side to panto because there are always baddies and you can't have a baddie without a… — Clive Rowe Copy Share Image
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 'The signs of a hypocrite are three: 1. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie.… — Abu Hurairah Copy Share Image
It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
The first practice is the practice of undiscriminating virtue: take care of those who are deserving; also, and equally, take care of… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Hitherto, Aubrey had had no opportunity of studying Lord Ruthven’s character, and now he found, that, though many more of his actions… — John William Polidori Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am just playing the character. I will move out of the way of the microphone, and they will have to… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
The campaign of character assassination waged [against President Clinton] by the right was a singular, unprecedented effort. Nothing like it exists on… — David Brock Copy Share Image
Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I had to bite back a laugh. "Cary Taylor. Loving you isn't a character defect." Chapter 12, pg 213 — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
Morality is the Science of harmonious relations between intelligent beings. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet… — David E. Kelley Copy Share Image
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't expect people to hate them. — Chris Morris Copy Share Image
I feel passionately that we need more space on TV for sketch shows for character actors to experiment. — Natasia Demetriou Copy Share Image
Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where you're both championing a character and you're revolted by them. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order. — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
What I'm normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles. — Kelly Macdonald Copy Share Image
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. — Klaus Kinski Copy Share Image
To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
Strength of character may be acquired at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. — Henry Drummond Copy Share Image