Trait Quotes

213 quotes by 196 authors

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we… — Peter McWilliams
Humility is not a trait I often associate with America. — Mira Nair
Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar,… — Steven Pinker
I like to comprehend more or less everything around me - apart from the creation of my music. It's an obsessive character trait that's getting… — Robert Plant
I was diagnosed a number of years ago with obsessive-compulsive disorder - which everyone has, to some degree - and I have this really annoying… — Paula Poundstone
If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim… — Diego Rivera
Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it. — Charles R. Swindoll
It's a personality trait: from the very beginning, I knew what I was concentrating on. I'm only doing the kernel - I always found everything… — Linus Torvalds
Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land… — Stewart Udall
All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about… — Diane Setterfield
Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the end one finds… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I didn't know what I wanted to Be...A sense that I had permanently botched things already, embarked on the trip without the map. and it… — Deb Caletti
It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the… — Carson McCullers
He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the… — Neal Stephenson
Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil. — Julius Lester
The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another. — Dean Koontz
Get stuffed, don't you have more publicity stunts to pull?" Bones shot back. "How about chatting with another writer who can smear your name into… — Jeaniene Frost

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