Character Quotes

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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance… — Aristotle
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main… — J. J. Abrams
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s… — Rowan Atkinson
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows… — Rowan Atkinson
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost… — Chinua Achebe
I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. — Margaret Atwood
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time… — Margaret Atwood
If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the author… — Margaret Atwood
Beauty has a lot to do with character. — Kevyn Aucoin
Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names. — Paul Auster

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