Character Quote by Andrew Lam

The history of a man is in his character.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things, he says,…

— Don DeLillo

“One often feels exalted, expanded, in his presence. He is not one of those egotists who miniaturize others. He is the opposite kind of…

— Michael Cunningham

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his…

— Anonymous

Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

— Thomas Steinbeck

As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and…

— Anonymous

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to…

— Lee Tergesen

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must…

— Arthur Miller

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

— Daniel Clowes

The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.

— Arthur Helps

Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe