Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me… — Samuel Fuller
Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better — Jeff Van Gundy
The true athlete should have character, not be a character — John Wooden
Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling — Bill Belichick
One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache… — Corey Stoll
There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on occasion that I… — Garth Ennis
I have always believed the thesis that one's politics and the character of one's intellectual work are inseparable. — Whitfield Diffie
John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when… — Emma Goldman
The Universe is a grand book which cannot be read until one first learns to comprehend the language and become familiar with the characters in… — Galileo Galilei
Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If I die, will… — Harvey Pekar
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves… — Ayn Rand
That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Oh the folly of any mind that would explain God before obeying Him! That would map out the character of God instead of crying, Lord,… — George MacDonald
The character of God is today, and always will be, exactly what it was in Bible times. — J I Packer
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image… — J C Ryle
I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where… — Ridley Scott
Habit is the daily battleground of character — Dan Coats
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for… — Dan Coats
I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well. — George Crook
A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by… — Nelson Algren
Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character. — Henry Ford
Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing — Dennis Prager
Enough generations of socialist policies have now passed for us to judge their effects. They are bleak. Socialism undermines the character of a nation and… — Dennis Prager

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