Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The real challenge of acting for me, I suppose, is just getting to know a character very, very well and just applying… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Anyone I'm with has to give me freedom. I like to be with someone who has character and style and someone who… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
The seven sacred teachings: love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility, truth. These are the seven virtues that lead to a full and… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I've always had a compassion for characters in novels - the sense that they are, whatever they might think, living in a… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
When I write characters, I need to hear their voice. As soon as I get them speaking, and I feel how they… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures,… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I read the script and I really liked it. It was high energy, crazy and it goes to any level to get… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
“By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of… — James Allen Copy Share Image
With every character it's interesting. If you play Macbeth, people have seen and read Shakespeare and see dozens of actors play that… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
When a director narrates a character, I find it normal to ask questions about the character's background, mood swings, eccentricities, behaviour... I… — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
There are lots of theories that the simpler a comic character is drawn the more relatable they become. People can imprint themselves… — Charles Forsman Copy Share Image
I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And… — Silas House Copy Share Image
I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it… — Richard Roxburgh Copy Share Image
Every fanatic or enemy of virtue is not at liberty to misrepresent the greatest geniuses and most heroic defenders of all that… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which… — David Wolpe Copy Share Image
Literary lineage is part of your autobiography. The authors are the literary base, the image base, the character base that you bring… — David Biespiel Copy Share Image
And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
“First, they had good character. They were energetic, honest, and dependable. They were persistent after setbacks and acknowledged their mistakes.” — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else,… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side,… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear; shame is the weaker, and has place only… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
I never thought I would sing or dance - ever, ever, ever. My idea was to be Laurence Olivier or Peter Lorre… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play. — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Deadpool exploded for the youth around 2010 with 'Marvel vs. Capcom.' He was the most popular character. He does kicks, then mocks… — Rob Liefeld Copy Share Image
Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christ-like characteristics. — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The magnitude of the atomic weight determines the character of the element, just as the magnitude of the molecule determines the character… — Dmitri Mendeleev Copy Share Image
I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
