Traits Quotes · Page 26

Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are…

— Peter R. Grant

I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get…

— Allison Williams

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

— Rick Yancey

Humility is not a character trait to develop, it's the natural by-product of being with Jesus.

— Louie Giglio

My experiments with single traits all lead to the same result: that from the seeds of hybrids, plants are obtained half of…

— Gregor Mendel

To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to…

— Orson Scott Card

Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness…

— Stephen King

It's relatively easy to create an ambiguous character. Any conglomeration of likable and unlikeable traits, chosen at random, will result in an…

— Matt Bird

Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides, perfect is boring. Today, instead of picking…

— Jillian Michaels

This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression.…

— David Foster Wallace

Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent.

— Luther Burbank

The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go…

— Glenn Reynolds

I am a thing not new, I am as old As human nature. I am that which lurks, Ready to spring whenever…

— James Weldon Johnson

Not at all. I'm saying there's a fire in you that drives everything you do, that makes you need to better the…

— Richelle Mead

Impulsiveness is not a trait one would choose for a person with the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

— Donald Trump

For anyone with the traits - of feeling himself victimized, of seeking to be the strongman who resolves everything, yet sees truth…

— Robert Jay Lifton

If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list.…

— Charles H. MacDonald

Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and…

— Isla Fisher

I think that people in general, whether they are male or female, who are inhibited by the clichés of what women are…

— Debbie Harry

For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which,…

— William Benton Clulow

There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.…

— Roald Dahl

If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and…

— Mike Zimmer

[Alex Hayley] wanted to show the negative aspects of the N.O.I.'s ideology, Yacub's history, and all of the ramifications of racial separatism…

— Manning Marable