Traits Quotes

475 Traits quotes by 410 unique authors

Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud.... ...But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that.… — Ai Yazawa
The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large. — Mark Twain
This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has… — David Foster Wallace
Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone… — Stephen King
But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end… — Lisa Lutz
Carlisle has a theory...he believes that we all bring something of our strongest human traits with us into the next life, where they are intensified… — Stephenie Meyer
Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it’s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these… — Frank Herbert
At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel worried that you… — Jon Ronson
I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful. — Taylor Swift
Aristocracy's only an admission that certain traits which we call fine - courage and honor and beauty and all that sort of thing - can… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9 or something. Just… — Ellen DeGeneres
...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds. — Stendhal
So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything… — Tessa Dare
The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most… — Orson Scott Card
Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn't. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make you cringe," Joanna… — Walter Isaacson
One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a previously private pleasure.… — Stephen Fry
Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too… — Rachel Cohn
After all the fears, the warnings, after all, a woman's mistakes are different from a girl's. They are written by fire on stone. They are… — Janet Fitch
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas. It's so… — Susan Cain
Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in… — Susan Cain
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents,… — Paul Tillich
No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something… — Ann Patchett
You’re going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra', he said. 'It will make the journey faster.' 'The mule and… — Melina Marchetta

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