Character Quotes · Page 393

“The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self.”

— Orrin Woodward

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.

— Aristotle

I dated a guy who played bad guys in movies all the time, and I think he was just a bad guy.

— Jennifer Coolidge

There is some kind of weird idea people have, that morals are objective truths

— Anonymous

In no other genre can you be believable as an immortal character. I love sci-fi for that, so yeah - I'm a…

— Paterson Joseph

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own…

— Sonia Rykiel

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

— Jon Heder

Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

— Anonymous

The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every…

— Pliny the Younger

I have never been stereotyped in one kind of character. I have been a part of reality shows, events, singing and dancing.…

— Mouni Roy

It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from…

— John Ruskin

I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a…

— Jenny Offill

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than…

— Duke Ellington

I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is…

— Frank Grillo

The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly…

— Mary Doria Russell

Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share…

— Winston Churchill

We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadly drone strikes, precisely because of…

— Glenn Greenwald

When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so…

— Felicity Jones

I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems…

— Richard K. Morgan

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the…

— Aristotle

That's why people, not that I think this is like always a necessary process, but people who are method actors, there's a…

— Monica Barbaro

After 'Student Of The Year,' when I played that baby-doll, diva character, I knew I would be stereotyped, and I wanted to…

— Alia Bhatt

My father had been in the military and he was a weapons specialist, so he had an affinity for weapons but also…

— Lupe Fiasco

I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.

— Regina King

I don't have any particular method, my approach is very simple. I try to understand the emotional graph of the character.

— Pratik Gandhi

Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there.

— Frank Oz

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

— John K. Fairbank

Every Human Who Expresses An Honest Thought Is A Good Soldier In The Army Of Intellectual Liberty...

— Pacifiersucker

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

— T.I

It is very hard to separate one's self from a character. Sometimes the people closest to me have to be very understanding.

— Halle Berry

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

— George Bernard Shaw

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

— Martin Short

Challenges are what inspire me. I therefore accept whatever comes my way, be it supporting roles or character roles.

— Rajpal Yadav

I always go into a character thinking, 'If it scares me, I can do it.'

— Omari Hardwick

“Courage is chief among virtues. For when any virtue is challenged, it is courage alone that can restore virtue.”

— Jack B Nicholson

It is only when our characters and events begin to disobey us that they begin to live.

— John Fowles

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.

— Michael Sheen

Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.

— John Shelby Spong

Don't let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.

— Amitabh Bachchan