![[T]he judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-judicious-reader-ought-to-know-what-the-chief-character-in-any-work-of-the.jpg)
Related Quotes
All quotes about:
character
You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing. Carlos Ghosn
character long shapes
At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window. Carlos Fuentes
character civilization games
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters, and creating the imaginary paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled because, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be heard and understood.
character warrior men
Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit. Carlos Castaneda
character differences faces
There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Carl Barks
character clinton
Religion is one of the fundaments of Hillary Clinton's character and politics. Carl Bernstein
character simple profound
A great part of its [higher arithmetic] theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed. Carl Friedrich Gauss
character eye vegetables
Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on every page, met us, in some disguise, at every turn, and even been muttered in conversations between such minor characters (if they are minor characters) as the vegetables. C. S. Lewis
character play plot
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.
imagination want not-interested
I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
imagination use analogies
I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.
imagination inquiry causes
We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture. Charles Caleb Colton
imagination life-is figments
Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you. Byron Katie
imagination
The imagination is always the best torturer. Bryce Courtenay
imagination literary smallest
I'll be happy if I can gain even the smallest place inside the literary imagination of U.S. readers. Elliot Perlman
imagination life
You have to really use your imagination to refresh your daily life. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
imagination
There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy. Kate Micucci
imagination people empathy
Much of the insensibility and hardness of the world is due to the lack of imagination which prevents a realization of the experiences of other people. Jane Addams
chiefs difficult lose needed obviously order
We did not lose today. We got beat. We're obviously disappointed. This was a difficult game, and the Chiefs did everything they needed to in order to win. Marty Schottenheimer
chiefs choices fbi force identical interests move painful police
Police chiefs like myself are going to say, 'We like our guy. Don't move him. But my interests may not be identical to the FBI as an organization. It has got to force those painful choices on its staff. Edward Flynn
chiefs morning sit
On the morning of Thursday, before the chiefs sit down, all of the hostages will be released.
chiefs combat crew fort hood mostly national soldiers trained
More than 100,000 Soldiers have trained on our combat convoy simulators, mostly National Guard. About 1,000 pilots, crew chiefs and Soldiers have trained on the door-gunner simulator at Fort Hood and Fort Rucker.
chiefs crew dedicated drive effort people privileged racing talented thank time worked
I have been privileged to drive for some of the best. I also want to thank all of the talented and dedicated people I have worked with in racing over the years, the crew chiefs and the crew members, who put in so much time and effort to give me competitive cars. Ricky Rudd
chiefs guy opportunity played team
With the way the Chiefs have played offense, he'd be a guy you'd have to consider, that some team would have to consider. There's going to be a lot of opportunity out there. Mark Schlereth
chiefs crew exactly few quite talked willing work
We have two crew chiefs who are willing to work with that engineering staff. Before, we haven't exactly had that combination working. Now we feel like because everyone who has come here has been talked to about the same ideas, everyone is on the same page. We're going to be a much better organization than we have in quite a few years. Dale Jarrett
chiefs indian objection spoken whatsoever
I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname. Jack Kent Cooke
chiefs follow nation
If the chiefs are united-the nation would follow suit.