Character Quotes · Page 427

Science and technology are what we can do; morality is what we agree we should or should not do.

— Anonymous

Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.

— Jeffrey Zeldman

“Sometimes what appears to be a difficult ethical quandary is simply the product of ignorance about your options.”

— John Kroger

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

— James Allen

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift.

— Alan Ritchson

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

— John Wooden

The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all…

— Scott Rudin

A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a…

— Benjamin Franklin

I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social…

— David Breashears

The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but…

— Thomas a Kempis

I've always liked the Krampus character, and I've always been fascinated with him, especially the tradition that he was such a part…

— Paul Dini

I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go.…

— Sharon Creech

I don't think there is just one Louis Vuitton woman. That is why, for the fall/winter 2011 show, I loved the idea…

— Marc Jacobs

Don't get me wrong, Carter Smith is an insanely talented photographer, but as a director he approached it more from a story…

— Cameron Monaghan

I start with an image, then I go from the image toward exploring the situation. Then I write a scene, and from…

— Dan Chaon

When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided…

— Ram Dass

There will always be people that will have assumptions about you, about my character, my personality, or that I might put on…

— Tyler Oakley

I do feel like anything benefits from character logic. That can be from the dumbest ad to the greatest Shakespearean drama to…

— David Harbour

Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in…

— Kenny Smith

“In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis argues that human beings cannot be truly good or moral without faith in God and without…

— Phil Zuckerman

“And as for the vague something --- was it a sinister or a sorrowful, a designing or a desponding expression? --- that…

— Charlotte Bronte

Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.

— Thomas Jefferson

The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.

— Aristotle

Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with…

— Barbara Kingsolver

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

— Alain de Botton

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

— Mike Tyson

'Sons of Anarchy' has the perfect combination of character and action.

— Christopher Golden

We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.

— Philip Sidney

Onstage, there's a separation between character and audience; onscreen, you can go to a deeper place.

— Phyllida Lloyd

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.

— Sara Zarr

I'm all for whatever it takes to get wherever you need to get with a character, as long as you don't wipe…

— Johnny Depp

Usually when you're doing concepts for a character, you just try a couple different things to see what sticks.

— Joe Madureira

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

— Sonia Braga

Blurryface is this character that I came up with that represents a certain level of insecurity.

— Tyler Joseph

Don't love my beauty. Don't want my body. That is not me. My real beauty is something you cannot see.

— Ces Peta

As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit

— Yamaoka Tesshu