Character Quotes · Page 412

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

— Albert Schweitzer

Action should always be about character and story, not a gimmick.

— Sam Hargrave

Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.

— James Frain

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

— Charlie Cox

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

— Bernard Crick

Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.

— Ayn Rand

Good sense is at the bottom of everything: virtue, genius, wit, talent and taste.

— Joseph Chenier

Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? That's the challenge.…

— Craig Robinson

I never thought I'd be anything, coming from a rough neighborhood. So my character was built on the street. I had to…

— George Hill

All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name…

— Nichelle Nichols

As a writer, every time I create a character, I try to go for something to captivate the audience in some way.…

— Paul Dini

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His…

— Joyce Cary

My relationship with God is what gives me a moral compass on what decisions to make and that stuff. I'm thankful that…

— Alyson Stoner

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a…

— Herbert Hoover

It's one thing to be a comic book fan, but when you have to create a character and put him in a…

— Salim Akil

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has…

— John Lasseter

Every Man being conscious to himself, That he thinks, and that which his Mind is employ'd about whilst thinking, being the Ideas,…

— John Locke

I want to continue to be challenged and feel a sense of fulfilment, like I have over the years at 'Emmerdale.' I've…

— Kelvin Fletcher

I think that's what's thrilling about leadership - when you're holding onto literally the worst possible hand on the planet and you…

— Jensen Huang

The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest…

— Edward Gibbon

Maybe there is a sort of a sweet middle ground there, where you can do something with something with like 20 to…

— Duncan Jones

One of the great myths in America is that sports build character. They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the…

— Joe Ehrmann

History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going…

— Scott D. Anthony

I was brought up very Catholic, and the character of Tommy Gnosis got his name from there.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Unlike President Obama, President Nixon was a capitalist who did not believe in 'remaking' the very character of America.

— Monica Crowley

To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

— Homer

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

— Vera Farmiga

I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.

— Catherine Hardwicke

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

— Les Brown

I'd love to do a comedy like 'Bridesmaids;' I think that would be so fun. I would play the Kristen Wiig character.

— Emma Roberts

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

— Joseph Addison

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

— Julie Garwood

If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding.

— Sarah Silverman

I miss theater. I miss living the arc of the character, from curtain to curtain, and I miss the immediate audience response.

— David Anders

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

— Thomas Paine

I'm obviously interested in playing characters who have autonomy, who drive the story.

— Kerry Bishe

Do you know how hard it is to play a character where youre always in heels? Oh, my goodness!

— Serinda Swan

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

— Aristotle