Character Quotes · Page 447

I'm for moral blackmail when it comes to putting away child molesters.

— Tucker Carlson

The Miz is a character I created. He's basically a wrestling star.

— The Miz

Most of the characters I play are heavily engulfed in some sort of fantasy world.

— Katee Sackhoff

I did a character called Captain Q for Nestle's Quik. Those commercials were kind of funny.

— Adam West

I love playing people who say things that you would never say to people in real life.

— Leslie Grossman

Stories in which the player doesn't inhabit the main character are difficult for games to handle.

— Hideo Kojima

Science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for a good life as the head.

— Bertrand Russell

When I am dubbing for my character, if I laugh at the figure on the screen, I know I have done well.

— Ali

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of…

— Samuel George Morton

An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is…

— Jean-Baptiste Joseph Emile Montegut

“Since both knowledge and virtue require the concept of transcendence, they are really obnoxious to those committed to material standards…”

— Richard M. Weaver

Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character…

— Jonathan Maberry

Before it was revealed that my character on 'Lost' had a troubled history, a fan came up to me and said, 'Wow,…

— Nestor Carbonell

The most important criterion is this: hire someone whose character and humility and attitude you would like to have reproduced in your…

— John Ortberg

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.…

— Jonah Hill

The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man-and the dogma is the drama ... The…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in,…

— Geoff Johns

“Implacable resentment is a shade in a character. But you have chosen your fault well. I really cannot laugh at it. You are safe from me."…

— Jane Austen

Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising…

— David Farland

There is a sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had in conversation; so…

— Henry Fielding

I have this character called the Goblin Commuter of Hoboken. She works on Wall Street and she's a goblin. She sort of…

— Cole Escola

The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and…

— Price Pritchett

I love becoming a character outside of who I am. Even when I was a little girl, I loved make believe, so…

— NeNe Leakes

“Your morality isn't the only morality in the world. Just because it's yours doesn't mean it's right.”

— Kendare Blake

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

— Anonymous

I don't like to say things that I wouldn't want to say to someone's face. Those are my morals for life.

— Emma Chamberlain

Only Atheists have morals, the religious have reward and punishment. That's not morality, that's sucking up.

— Penn Jillette

Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog.

— Sebastian Barry

What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command.

— Havelock Ellis

“Conformity runs rampant through everyday life, and people want to read about characters that deviate from societal norms.”

— Jonathan Heatt

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character.

— James Joyce

One of the things I love about the character development in 'Power' is Courtney A. Kemp's subversive use of stereotype.

— Lela Loren

I think audiences will always like bad guys who kill for no apparent reason. We just like to hate them.

— Jack Gleeson

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

— Anonymous

I thought it would be a fun change of pace to do a show about a really sad, depressed character.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.

— Lord Chesterfield

Its not the size of a person thats really matter; its size WITHIN a person thats really matter the most.

— Wazim Shaw

“Readers often root for characters that are innocent victims – or who are subjected to forces beyond their control.”

— Rob Parnell