Characterize Quotes

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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. — Lewis Mumford
I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself. — Cristiano Ronaldo
The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by… — John Viney
...the amazing exhibition of oil which has characterized the last twenty years, and will probably characterize the next ten or twenty years, is nevertheless, not… — Peter Lesley
If I had to characterize one quality as the genius of feminist thought, culture, and action, it would be the connectivity. — Robin Morgan
In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which… — Jimmy Carter
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. — Carlo Goldoni
They are two very different people. It's almost a modern-day 'Odd Couple,' if I had to characterize it, with the two of them portraying pretty… — Dawn Ostroff
Treason is a strong word, but not too strong to characterize the situation in which the Senate is the eager, resourceful, and indefatigable agent of… — David Graham Phillips
If you're openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals, whatever it may be, I… — Chris Broussard
I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play — Coleman Hawkins
You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting in a characteristic… — Gene Wolfe
The student now goes to college to proclaim rather than to learn. A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent… — Spiro T. Agnew
Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. — Daniel Yergin
I'm hoping the students will hear their own voices actually, so it's not that they're looking for things they already know, they're looking to discover… — Jill Johnson
Set in the remote and harsh high desert landscape of Idaho, Outpost is an artist live/work studio and sculpture garden for making and displaying art.… — Tom Kundig
Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction. — Ingvar Kamprad
EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. — Ambrose Bierce
Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the… — Samuel Smiles

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