Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean Schmidt

There's no way that I remotely tried to impugn his character,

Chris Scelfo

There's not one kid in that locker room that doesn't lack for character. I'm extremely proud of the way they played.

The Town of Herndon with its historical heritage and small town character has grown very dear to me and my family. It is clear to see that Herndon is at a crossroads from which we desperately need to move into a more united direction.

Miriam Toews

I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving.

Jennifer Haigh

I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.

Jane Green

I show the people I love that I love them by gathering them in my kitchen and feeding them, so no surprise that most of my characters do the same thing.

Andrew-Lee Potts

I've been lucky enough to play many different roles from darker characters to family orientated shows to comedy.

What (stores like Twist and Shout) can give you is what was recently referred to at a music convention was 'the Jack Black' - the character he played in that movie (Hi Fidelity) about the record store - the guy who turns you on to music.

Robert Englund

What's great about Freddy in this is when he gets to comment and manipulate the back stories and the fears of the characters - especially with Jason.

We showed so much character this tournament, and it'll help even more later in the season. Rallying back Friday night (for a 49-48 victory over Booker T. Washington) and then coming back like this tonight will help us in the district.

We showed some character tonight. (Rogers) could have crumbled. We don't like to do anything real easy.

We showed good character to keep working, even when we got behind. We picked up our work ethic, and maybe using four lines was a factor. Late in the game we had more jump and that really helped.

We showed character and we showed fight. We got down, and we still continued to fight and lost by eight.

We showed a lot of poise, composure and character. I don't know if a lot of teams would have come back.

We try to be very competitive. We try to be near the lowest ones (in price). The rooms are pretty nice. They're mountain-lodge like. They pretty much all have character and there's a variety for people's tastes.

JoBeth Williams

When I read the script, I simply loved my character.

We felt that the county meet was anyone's tournament. I knew we weren't down. The character in that room - you just have to be inside those Old Mill walls to feel it.

We're very happy to have him on our team. I think it is essential in our coaches' game plan to have a strong line on defense and offense. Just his character and his determination will pull everyone up to a higher level.

A rich man has no need of character.

The kids showed character all the way, even in defeat. It?s been a joy to be with them this year.

The kids showed a lot of character to fight back. We had some opportunities tonight.

Flip Saunders

(The Lakers) were extremely aggressive. We got pounded on the glass and they took things to the basket. We played out of character defensively. We were switching and getting little (guys) matched on big (guys) and we took the easy way out by settling for jump shots.

Michael Medved

The message is that this (infidelity) is different because the characters are gay and just being true to themselves. If that's the standard of one's behavior, then anything is excusable.

Their sexual knowledge, attitudes, behaviors are all shaped in part by the characters in stories that television conveys.

Dave Stephens

Their program has made such great strides. There's a lot of character in their program. They have high-quality kids.

Robert Webb

The female characters in 'Peep Show' are not 'strong': they are idiots. As idiotic as the men.

Sharlto Copley

I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what was offered to me, what roles I could get, and what I could do with them. Even though I'm not drawn to putting those kinds of darker characters out there, I think it's an interesting challenge.

I'm gonna miss the characters on this team. You (media) guys don't see it, but we've got some real comedians. I'm gonna miss 'em all, from top to bottom.

Jane Lindskold

In any story, drama may be intensified by the characters realizing by how narrow a margin they had managed to succeed - that is, where coincidence played a role. This is one of the more realistic ways to use coincidence because rarely do we realize how important a coincidental event is until after the fact.

Julia Quinn

I'm mostly a historical romance reader, but I never miss a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. Her characters are larger than life and heartbreakingly real at the same time. I don't know how she does it.

Jon Favreau

I know that when I watch TV, I want to be transformed and transported, not just by the characters that I grow to love over the hours and seasons of watching but also the world that it plants me into.

Frank Kelly

I knew that when he stopped speaking, I would have finished the play. One day one of the other characters said something and he didn't reply, it was such a relief!

Mehcad Brooks

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.