When I was a child . . . Only virtue was prized, virtue at the expense of intellect, health, happiness, and every mundane good. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“Who but a fringe character would try to impede the unimpeachable improvement of the world?” — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We get a little further from perfection each year. I think that's called character. I think that's just how it goes. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“Words only reveal half of your heart. Service defines the other half. Character is the combination of the two.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The most challenging part of being an actor is that every time you play a character, you have to start from ground… — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
“Sentensi ni mkusanyiko wa maneno unaoanza na herufi kubwa na kuisha na alama ya kushangaa, kuuliza, au nukta. Sentensi bora ni fupi,… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of… — Pope Agapetus I Copy Share Image
I find it a challenge to cooperate in a society where it's considered moral to critique a résumé yet immoral to critique… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
Life penalizes those who fall victim to the debilitating effects human weakness, such as a negative character, ignorance, laziness, excesses and vices. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thing I think about a lot is that one of my favorite pieces of narrative art as a child was 'Calvin… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
A comic book is the opposite of a cartoon. In a cartoon, you want to simplify the idea, so when they look… — Sergio Aragones Copy Share Image
One of our continuing myths was summed up in Huckleberry Finn: Our escape, what we think of as our escape, is that… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I've never been about trying to promote a brand of Squarepusher. I've never been keen on that idea that these are the… — Squarepusher Copy Share Image
Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
