If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty,… — William Barr Copy Share Image
You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I always liked those characters in 'True Blood' who could turn into animals. I'd love to be an animal of some kind… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As a heel, you get to make twists and turns that really sell that character so that you can get that genuine… — Mickie James Copy Share Image
he challenge is finding the modern conduit for the audience, having fun and really looking at the duality of this particular character,… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I… — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
He credited her with a number of virtues, of the existence of which her conduct and conversation had given but limited indications.… — Lucas Malet Copy Share Image
The education of the present race of females is not very favorable to domestic happiness. For my own part, I call education,… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
The difference between the big budget films I've done is the length of time. But in terms of the day-to-day, you're still… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
One thing that's a lot harder to put into stories than you'd think is the idea of a traditional monster, because monsters… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Most of these stories are on the tragic side. But the reader must not suppose that the incidents I have narrated were… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I think that because this is a moral universe, then right will prevail, goodness will prevail, compassion will prevail, laughter will prevail,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part… — Rie Rasmussen Copy Share Image
I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are… — Kimberly Elise Copy Share Image
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected… — Plato Copy Share Image
When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I always say, if a guy writes the same lead female character type over and over, we are not seeing their writing… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
[An artist] will sooner and with more certainty, establish the character of skeletons, than the most learned anatomist, whose eye has not… — Rembrandt Peale Copy Share Image
When you think about 'The Simpsons' or 'King of the Hill' or something like that, the worlds tend to expand each episode,… — Greg Daniels Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of Superman as created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Remember that Jerry and Joe created a character that… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
I love doing a television show. It just always feels like it's a little while before you find something that feels unique… — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
To attain individual morality in an age demanding social morality, to pride one's self on the results of personal effort when the… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
To sit through a film where you're just unmotivated to be interested in a character is probably the worst thing that could… — Elisha Cuthbert Copy Share Image
There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
If you're offered something, you're not really sure exactly what is that they saw in you that they think is the character… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I create each character as an individual, coming from a certain place, sounding a certain way, having been introduced to things a… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Moral courage and character go hand in hand … a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic… — Martha Boaz Copy Share Image
It's a constant learning process - not just what you need to learn for the character or as far as good actors… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image