Character Quotes · Page 415

The authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.

— Robert Greene

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

— Brian Greene

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that…

— Richard Pryor

If you want to know someone's mind, listen to their words. If you want to know their heart, watch their actions.

— Anonymous

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not…

— Julian Baggini

“It was striking, the character of destruction. It was always diverse”

— Richard Ford

When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part.

— Laurence Olivier

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

— Maria Mitchell

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to…

— Andrew Dominik

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are…

— Guru Gobind Singh

Trees die from the top”. No one should ever become a strategist unless he or she is willing to have his or…

— Peter Drucker

This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it…

— Robertson Davies

Every character that I've chosen has made me evolve as an actor. And I am lucky that my directors have shown so…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not financial…

— Billy Graham

I like to work as much as I can, but I only really have the hiatus to work on other projects. I've…

— Kunal Nayyar

Comey clearly doesn't want Trump to be president. He has some of the same concerns about his moral character as I have…

— Mary Katharine Ham

“The time came to put Iris Duarte back on the plane. It was a morning flight which made it difficult. I was…

— Charles Bukowski

True Dare Kiss' is a gothic drama about a highly dysfunctional Mancunian family who, after 20 years, reconvene for the funeral of…

— Dervla Kirwan

There are just certain things you can't talk about with kids. I just totally do not believe in this sort of Bart…

— David Small

“We hate the Empire’s cruelty and violence. How can we claim to be morally superior when we stoop to violence ourselves?” Mon…

— Claudia Gray

Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral…

— William Jennings Bryan

“Ages of prolonged uncertainty, while they are compatible with the highest degree of saintliness in a few, are inimical to the prosaic…

— Bertrand Russell

How can we encourage other human beings to extend their moral sympathies beyond a narrow locus? How can we learn to become…

— Sam Harris

So many things suddenly made sense for the clowns, for the whole idea. I’d been going through a struggle, particularly after 9/11;…

— Cindy Sherman

Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.

— Robert Cailliau

With a character called Captain , you have to address the concept of who he is because his identity is tied to…

— Joe Russo

I've done tons of guest spots and in parts where the character invariably dies or is dead.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Honestly, the only way Garden State could have been better was if I played every character. I'm awesome.

— Zach Braff

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.

— Nicolas Cage

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

— Blaise Pascal

He who possess virtue in abundance may be compared to an infant.

— Laozi

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

— Timothy Keller

I have absolutely no problem on doing a negative character. If that matches up to my acting caliber, I will definitely do…

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

“Just remember, moral certainty is a luxury of the very young and the very old.”

— P.S. Duffy

My favorite character on Friends was Joey, because we're both actors. I always thought that was so cool.

— Matt LeBlanc

Morality is more than possible without God, it is entirely independent of him.

— Julian Baggini

Find people whose morals and vision align with yours, and follow that.

— Kevin Abstract

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

— Anonymous

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

— John de Lancie