Characteristics Quotes

792 Characteristics quotes by 648 unique authors

Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I had come in… — Robert E. Howard
The American child is a highly intelligent human being; characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, has a strong sense of excitement, energy, and healthy… — Walt Disney
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and… — Richard Steele
More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last… — Benjamin Cardozo
The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and… — Bayard Taylor
The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead. — Theodore Roosevelt
We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the… — William Shatner
If you're familiar enough with my body of work, my voice is a familiar totem, in a sense. I guess I have something characteristic in… — Todd Rundgren
There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic and… — Gwen Ifill
I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their… — Alice Neel
Monopolies, oligarchy, the striving for domination and not for freedom, the exploitation of an increasing number of small or weak nations by a handful of… — Vladimir Lenin
I wonder if it's possible for people to fall in love with a person one characteristic at a time, or if you fall for the… — Colleen Hoover
Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be… — Abraham Flexner
To be a super-trader, you'll need an edge to overcome the laws of probability and the uncertainty of the marketplace. That edge comes from information… — Ari Kiev
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it… — Simon Bolivar
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to… — Khalil Gibran
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and… — Milton Glaser
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is… — Rudy Giuliani
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works. — Alma Gluck
War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of… — Jane Goodall
A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher. — James S. Coleman
I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. — Francis Ford Coppola

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