Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Interestingly for me, modern rom coms have not always been funny - many of the iconic rom coms are more like light… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
I still get stage fright horribly. I still get nervous. I do tend to find when you're playing characters, often - just… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ... The destructive character is young and cheerful.… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
One of the things that impacted me the most was in the 12th grade. I just assumed I would get the lead… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
A young man before he leaves the shelter of his father's house, and the guard of a tutor, should be fortify'd with… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors.… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every other case there is… — Plato Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has been turned into a great and intriguing series… — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
“Unfaithfulness in public stations is deeply criminal [he wrote to Abigail]. But there is no encouragement to be faithful. Neither profit, nor… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That… — Ru Freeman Copy Share Image
You're in everyone's homes every week as this character, and they feel like they know you, and then they start to really… — Sarah Hyland Copy Share Image
As an actor, there was that freedom of not having to worry about lights or marks or other people. It was just… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
“Your words and actions must match to build your character. Any gap in those will put a dent in your credibility. Be… — Mayur Ramgir Copy Share Image
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
“We discern a grand force in the lover which he lacks whilst a free man, but there is a breadth of vision… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
With Eclipse, I felt like I was doing a completely different movie and a completely different character. So, yeah, it was nice… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Crawford because when she was twenty or twenty five, she would dance and talk and sing and… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Slaying dragons, melting witches, and banishing demons is all fun and games until someone loses a sidekick—then it’s personal. The bad guy… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I do want to do TV, but I'm looking to be a creator, writer, and producer, and perhaps I could be a… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
There's some of these villains that are just crazy and they do it just to do it. Then you got The Joker,… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and… — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I think, as an actor, you create things for your character that you think will make it more personal to you, because… — Kelly Marie Tran Copy Share Image