Like the characters in Chekhov, they have no reserves -– you learn the most intimate secrets. You get an impression of a… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
When I key into the character of Five, I'm generally drawing upon a mental state - not so much thinking about the… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Working on location is ideal because you enter the character and the story. Shooting at a studio near home, there's a certain… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
So immense are the claims on a mother, physical claims on her bodily and brain vigor, and moral claims on her heart… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
“Virtue is the product of good government. ‘Vices belong less to man, than to man badly governed.’ The political process, and the… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
We will all agree that the role of a home-maker is not an easy one, and seeing all these ladies do it… — Rupali Ganguly Copy Share Image
My favourite character in fiction was probably either James from 'James and the Giant Peach' or Ender from 'Ender's Game.' They were… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“The king takes a deep ragged breath. He's been shouting. Now – and it's a narrow thing – he decides to laugh.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The goal, when you're playing a character that's super beloved from a movie, is to honor what the actor before you has… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear… — Dorothea Dix Copy Share Image
When someone gets closely related to a character they play on TV, it's very hard to break that mold and go on… — Katherine Moennig Copy Share Image
I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
“The Sage desires only one thing, virtue, and he is cautious about only one thing, vice. He is the same in every… — Donald J. Robertson Copy Share Image
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A Bug's Life' is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets… — Booboo Stewart Copy Share Image
A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past,… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
It was stated, . . . that the value of architecture depended on two distinct characters:--the one, the impression it receives from… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
I have never been stereotyped in one kind of character. I have been a part of reality shows, events, singing and dancing.… — Mouni Roy Copy Share Image
The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is… — Frank Grillo Copy Share Image
I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Hulk Hogan was a little different character. He wants to be Hulk Hogan and everything, which was good. I was proud of… — Jimmy Snuka Copy Share Image
“Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
