Characteristics Quotes

792 Characteristics quotes by 648 unique authors

Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but… — William Hazlitt
And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the… — Aristotle
If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost. — Dalai Lama
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. — Henry Fielding
What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of… — Jeff Bezos
If you listen to the urban speech patterns in India you'll find it's quite characteristic that a sentence will begin in one language, go through… — Salman Rushdie
In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping… — Annie Besant
To imagine is the characteristic act, not of the poet's mind, or the painter's, or the scientist's, but of the mind of man. — Jacob Bronowski
We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often… — Abraham Maslow
For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied… — Prince Philip
It is the worst of all superstitions to assume that the epistemological characteristics of one branch of knowledge must necessarily be applicable to any other… — Ludwig von Mises
One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure — Nathaniel Branden
Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a mannerism or characteristic… — Rex Harrison
In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. — Tim Ferriss
If you are going to be a big personality, you've got to have some kind of characteristic gimmick. — Farley Mowat
Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference. — Martin O'Malley
The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by… — R. H. Tawney
The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind's flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality - without exploiting them for fun and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and… — Ron Chernow
It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity. — David Attenborough
Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have… — Elizabeth Loftus
The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race… — Josiah Strong
In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been… — Federica Montseny
Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country… — Theodore Roosevelt
One of the characteristics of the young is "I want it now." — Ann Landers

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