Quotes about character
character mean stories
That so much of our experience, or the stereotype which passes for it should be dealt with by means of the short story is perhaps a symptom not unnoticeable elsewhere in the public domain of an unlovely cynicism about human character. Howard Nemerov
character anxiety achievement
Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety. Howard Barker
character sympathetic
I don't like sympathetic characters.
character white pages
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. Hosea Ballou
character noble disgusting
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
character oil promise
O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair promises, but you never fulfil one; your tongue is smoother than oil, but the poison of asps is under your lip!
character different done
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Hank Azaria
character three done
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.
character men self
in addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made conditions, which, their human origins notwithstanding, possess the same conditioning power as natural things. whatever touches or enters into a sustained relationship with human life immediately assumes the character of a condition of human existence. this is why men, no matter what they do, are always conditioned beings. whatever enters the human world of its own accord or is drawn into it by human effort becomes part of the human condition. Hannah Arendt
character may something-new
It is the nature of beginning that something new is started which cannot be expected from whatever may have happened before. This character of startling unexpectedness is inherent in all beginnings.
character greatness two
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away. Guy Finley
character great head hit hold took
He took a big hit on the head earlier, but showed great character to hold in there for so long. Scott Johnson
character precisely strip
He's the most soul-destroying character in the strip precisely because he doesn't know he's being evil, Scott Adams
character emotional eyes face mention people portraying relationship relationships
he said, ''but in her face and eyes you can see what the character she is portraying is wearing, where she is, the setting, the other people who are present, and what her relationship to them is -- not to mention her emotional state. Maria Callas
character fit great
He's a high-character guy, and when he's healthy, he wins. I just thought he'd be a great fit here. Mark Shapiro
character committed experience guy heart huge lacking mentally national obviously perhaps reflection soul strong team totally
He's a heart and soul guy and when you have a team that is perhaps lacking some experience at the national level, which obviously we are, you need a real strong character and real strong person mentally that's totally committed to the way we want to play. He's probably a huge reflection of myself. Brent Sutter
character great guy locker playoffs skate skill win
He's a guy who's got a lot of skill and is a great character guy for our locker room. He's a big part of our team. He's physical, he can skate and win battles, and that's what the playoffs are all about.
characters dense manageable novels series shrink slightly taking trying
'Game of Thrones' is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations. Jim Rash
character clever eternal figures glasses goes great handicap ideas life optimist perceived speak stop ways
Gerald is the eternal optimist who has what could be perceived as a handicap -he can't speak - but he figures out clever ways to communicate ideas so he doesn't let it stop him. He goes through life with rose-colored glasses and doesn't think 'I can't.' I think that's a great character to put out there for kids. Bob Higgins
character formed genius human life stream
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
character current develops full genius human life quiet
Genius develops in quiet places, character out in the full current of human life
characters fell gene love outlaw romance stories
Gene and I just fell in love with the stories of these characters and the romance of these super-powered outlaw stations, Bill Crawford
character passion creative
The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment. Friedrich Nietzsche
character historical-knowledge objectivity
Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.
character philosopher married
A married philosopher is a comic character.
character return typical
Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.
character opportunity greatness
You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.
character play conflict
The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict. George Blagden
character men thinking
What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances. George Bernard Shaw
character men my-fair-lady
Have you ever met a man of good character where women are concerned?
character men liberty
It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee a man's goodness and his liberty will take care of itself. To guarantee his freedom on condition that you approve of his moral character is formally to abolish all freedom whatsoever, as every man's liberty is at the mercy of a moral indictment which any fool can trump up against everyone who violates custom, whether as a prophet or as a rascal.
character evil behaviour
You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.
character animal evil
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.