To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
“This was loyalty of a sort which was rare in an age of self-indulgence. It was an old-fashioned virtue of the type… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. - Aristotle (Attributed by Seneca in Moral Essays, "De Tranquillitate Animi" On… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It's one of the most liberating things I experience in writing - letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I think the universal themes of "American Pie" are what make it attractive to everybody. How to people relate to these characters?… — Chris Klein Copy Share Image
It was this feeling for a lot of my characters, who are dissidents or banned artists and writers, that they had had… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
“Our personalities are often molded by how we are treated: if a parent or spouse is defensive or argumentative in dealing with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The gamers are smart. They see right through the moral scale. Actually, with Dragon Age, I really liked the system the team… — Greg Zeschuk Copy Share Image
The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man… — Gardiner Spring Copy Share Image
I like playing really super-intense, live-in-the-moment characters. It asks me to not phone it in. It's impossible to phone it in. Every… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
“Thinking like ethical people, dressing like ethical people, decorating our homes like ethical people makes not a damn of difference unless we… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
It was Benny P Nayarambalam who first cast me in a character which made people laugh, in 'Marykkundoru Kunjadu.' Then 'Seniors' happened,… — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I stay in character at all times regardless of whoever's playing well, the team isn't playing well. if we're up or down,… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples,… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
My thing is, I'm just way too harsh. It's an enormous impediment, and that's just the truth of it. It doesn't make… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I don't spend a lot of time judging anyone I play. Even if their function in the script is to be the… — Peter Sarsgaard Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
“All this talk about morality, chastity, prudence and the like are very antiquated notions created by some very old belief systems that… — Roberto Hogue Copy Share Image
We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I was always in love with film and becoming a character and playing something else, and nobody ever told me no, so… — Nichole Hiltz Copy Share Image
“You won’t shoot me." "People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I’m small, or a girl,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
A prequel to 'Baby' was never on the cards, but when the movie was successful, we realized from the audience response to… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of family. There's the family of your flesh, and the one of your heart. One builds character, the… — Sheila Roberts Copy Share Image
The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“Faith left to itself … exalts itself above the laws of natural morality. … [B]y so much higher are duties to God… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“My father had raised me to walk in his footsteps, and those were big shoes to fill. He always said: Be more… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image