Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make… — Harrison Ford
Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For… — Harry S. Truman
This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in… — John Quincy Adams
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of… — Ambrose Bierce
The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values. — Susan Estrich
Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent a man of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. — William Bennett
The Senate has been debased to the level of a forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity. — Margaret Chase Smith
Character is "a stamp of good repute on a person." — Euripides
A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed. — Aristotle
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest… — Lord Chesterfield
National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals. — Herbert Hoover
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy… — Corliss Lamont
The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic,… — Bertrand Russell
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . . In the Middle… — Joseph Campbell
We don't condone it, but it happened. Is there a concern Yes, there is a concern. People are going to think what they think. But… — Larry Coker
The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd.… — Unknown Author
Physically, my character is stronger than him which is totally unrealistic, ... Because in reality he can ... kill me. I think it has a… — Pauly Shore
I let the comedy come through the character and just try to make sure that everything is kind of rounded in a truth, in a… — Eugene Levy
I want to forget what I've learned about the character, but the reality is that you can't, because you've absorbed it. It's there in that… — Liev Schreiber
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes? — Robert I. Sutton
The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice… — Joaquin Phoenix
If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by… — Heloise
It violates right order whenever capital so employs the working or wage-earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary… — Pope Pius XI

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