Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious: If righteousness too often leads to self-righteousness, the demand for justice can lead… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It… — Martin Short Copy Share Image
“Be humble. Don’t brag about your position, possessions, people you know, or places you’ve traveled. Humility tops the chart as the most… — Deborah Smith Pegues Copy Share Image
While doing 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom' with Abhishek, I never thought about my dad's and Amitabhji's hit 'Jodi.' I just play my character… — Bobby Deol Copy Share Image
Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of… — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
“There is no gray when you’re young. There’s only goodies and baddies, right and wrong. The rules are very clear—a playground morality… — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
A character on screen that's the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' they're never interesting. There's got to be an internal struggle,… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
This is a wonderful world for women. The richness, the hope, the promise of life today, particularly for women, are exciting beyond… — Belle S. Spafford Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we didn't have 'Will & Grace.' The one gay character was Monroe from 'Too Close For Comfort'… — Guillermo Diaz Copy Share Image
I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
What is meditation? It is not your character, it is not what you do. It is what you are. It is not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
We're trying to win business by doing a good job for the clients, as opposed to, "We think being big and universal… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
You need to learn that, unless your lead character is written in a way that one of the 20 movie stars want… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
How in the end can one possibly hold anyone responsible for our own underdeveloped visions, or undeveloped strength of character? — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
Big dreams bring all sorts of challenges. To meet them, you have to have character, courage and a commitment to contribute to… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of… — Ruben Fleischer Copy Share Image
I never think about my face. I actually just care about what I'm doing - my voice and my character. I don't… — Sammo Hung Copy Share Image
Usually I'm frustrated when I look at my films and I don't believe that I've made a real transformation beyond my usual… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on… — Arthur Lowe Copy Share Image
I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this… — Sebastian Koch Copy Share Image
You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because… — Michael Loceff Copy Share Image
“The true measure of a person’s character is revealed when they learn of another’s darkest fears. It is in that moment the… — John C. Stipa Copy Share Image
Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
Even if a story has nothing to do with my life, if I can recognise something of myself in the character and… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
It may seem that I am doing films in different languages, which of course I am, but more importantly, I am performing… — Wamiqa Gabbi Copy Share Image
![“I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're brought in on a fun ride, and slowly you fall into it as James [actor James McAvoy's character, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan] does. Nicholas is like the audience. I…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/forest-whitaker-3022_actors_i-hope-that-audiences-respond-really-pos_3000290.jpg)
![“A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those…” quote by M. Night Shyamalan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/m-night-shyamalan-7111_anger-and-fear_a-tv-show-where-all-of-the-characters-ar_2649664.jpg)
![“[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds.” quote by Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/jonathan-haidt-1823_ability_w-hen-a-group-of-people-make-something-s_2426022.jpg)
