Character Quotes · Page 455

Whether it's Tom Hanks or whether it's the character of Robert Langdon himself, both loom as large.

— Ashley Zukerman

“Character comes by repetition of right until right is done subconsciously.”

— Jack Hyles

I have the same criteria for choosing roles as I have always had: fantastic writing and complicated characters.

— Paula Malcomson

Religion gets its morality from us. We don't get our morality from religion.

— Christopher Hitchens

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it's the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

— Louie Giglio

My identity is in Christ, and I really hope that I show that with just my character, the way that I do…

— Jessica Long

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

— Charles Dudley Warner

Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.

— Wayne Rogers

Interestingly for me, modern rom coms have not always been funny - many of the iconic rom coms are more like light…

— Graeme Simsion

Masonry superadds to our other obligations the strongest ties of connection between it and the cultivation of virtue, and furnishes the most…

— Joseph Fort Newton

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example…

— Samuel Smiles

The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ... The destructive character is young and cheerful.…

— Walter Benjamin

I still get stage fright horribly. I still get nervous. I do tend to find when you're playing characters, often - just…

— Vanessa Kirby

Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part…

— John Adams

If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything…

— Sidney Sheldon

Conflict, which rouses up the best and highest powers in some characters, in others not only jars the whole being, but paralyzes…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

I would like to play some character that's somewhat dramatic. I don't see myself ever becoming that serious, or it sounds weird,…

— Jon Heder

In 'Yours Truly,' I was the centre of the story; I was the protagonist. There was a lot more happening inside the…

— Soni Razdan

It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism.…

— David Josiah Brewer

The discrimination between good and evil is in man's soul. Every man can judge that for himself, because in every man is…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

I firmly believe in and support everyone's right to freedom of artistic expression. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is my artistic expression, and it is…

— Robert Harling

When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide…

— J. Michael Straczynski

I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their…

— Vladimir Putin

Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character…

— Charles Babbage

Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.

— Wes Fesler

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.

— Alex Kurtzman

“A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over…

— St. Francis de Sales

The character of a person is known by the way he spends his time when he has nothing to do.

— Dada JP Vaswani

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does…

— John Shelby Spong

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

— Balthazar Getty

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I am very happy that my fans have accepted 'Ek Hasina Thi' and my character Durga Thakur so warmly.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“ The distinction of one person's character can be illustrated by this word : attitude ”

— Ency Bearis

Judge me not by physical size or appearance, but judge me by the size of my character.

— Pacifiersucker

You're only reduced to a cliche if you don't humanize a character.

— Viola Davis

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

— Ma Jian

It's not only a moral obligation, but a social responsibility to leave the game and our vocation better than we found it.

— Mike Tomlin

Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.

— David McCullough

I play characters that allow me to do lot more than just be a glamorous heroine.

— Lara Dutta