We see people of kindness, compassion, and possibly even faith being told, "Because of a characteristic with which you were born, you… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“Never justify someones wrong action, without them apologizing first & admitting their wrongs. If you do. You are not making them better,… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision. — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then… — John Silber Copy Share Image
I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
Vulgarism in language is the distinguishing characteristic of bad company, and a bad education. A man of fashion avoids nothing with more… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Particularity and separability are infirmities of the mind, not characteristics of the universe. — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Now death is uncool, old-fashioned. To my mind the defining characteristic of our era is spin, everything tailored to vanishing point by… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Diversity is its most consistent characteristic....The characteristics of freely improvised music are established only by the sonic-musical identity of the person or… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me, I've always… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery. — Ana Gasteyer Copy Share Image
A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Each particular being, in its individuality, its concrete nature and entity, with all its own characteristics and its private qualities and its… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more… — Thomas Holcomb Copy Share Image
Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I’d say it’s the ability to create and… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are… — William DeWitt Hyde Copy Share Image
