Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates… — Richard Avedon
Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is… — Ray Bradbury
Adversity does not build character,it reveals it — James Lane Allen
Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the… — Uta Hagen
I've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It ruins a romantic… — Laura Marling
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams
That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write… — Garry Trudeau
I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in this kind of… — Charles M. Schulz
And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the… — Lynn Johnston
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or… — Ida B. Wells
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… — Jonathan Swift
For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell… — Emmanuelle Beart
I don't see my old films, but I think of the characters I played as friends, like the women I meet in my life who… — Emmanuelle Beart
Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the situational disturbances and even for some of the mild character disturbances. — Abraham Maslow
We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still… — William James
I have often thought the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which,… — William James
Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from… — Jacques Barzun
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense… — Jacques Barzun
Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs… — Michael Chekhov
The facts which our senses present to us are socially performed in two ways: through the historical character of the object perceived and through the… — Max Horkheimer
Whatseems to take place outside ideology (to be precise, in the street), in reality takes place in ideology. What really takes place in ideology seems… — Louis Althusser
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness… — Marquis de Sade
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away… — Thucydides
It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice,… — Plutarch

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