Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and spiritual disciplines are… — Kevin DeYoung
I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create… — Lisa See
A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take… — Richard Russo
My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong. — Derek Fisher
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character. — Terry Goodkind
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you engage… — Robin Hobb
Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other. Â With lovely… — Catherine Asaro
Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure and action, but… — Catherine Asaro
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that… — Roger Deakins
The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in… — Roger Deakins
I want every character be an outsider in some way. — Josh Schwartz
The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen in a long… — L. J. Smith
And, my God, the actors. The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It’s such a pleasure to see… — Suzanne Collins
I'm amazed that I can sit down, put a guitar in my hands and start playing kind of free style, and it will be four… — John Rzeznik
The PURPOSE of the DATA INTEGRITY BOARD review meeting is NOT for the purpose of reviewing the INTEGRITY of the paperwork because that has already… — Jack Smith
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk. — Erik Satie
I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to,… — Kathryn Bigelow
I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense… — Lynn Abbey
The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind — Anagarika Govinda
The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plot, or evolution, is life responding to environment; and not only is this response always in terms of conflict, but the really great struggle, the… — William Wallace Cook
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur. — Giulio Douhet
Yes, I do feel the world revolves around me. After all, I am the main character of my own life. — Stefanie Schneider
These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. — Diane Arbus

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