Famous Quotes & Sayings

Horatio Nelson

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

Horace Walpole

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.

If I didn't write sex scenes, all my characters would head to the kitchen and make cups of tea.

John Terry

If he comes, the manager knows a lot about him and his character and will know he can fit in. Everybody can see he's got great ability.

If he had perfect character, he would probably be a late first-day type of prospect. Given where he is today, he's probably a sixth- or seventh-round pick at best, and maybe even a priority free agent.

Cappie Pondexter

I felt unstoppable. (Dickson) is a scoring threat, no doubt. ... It shows a lot about our character that we were able to fight and not give up.

Heath Ledger

I felt this was such a refreshing story of love. For me, our characters were also complex, and to...really investigate this form of humanity and expression of love was an opportunity that I hadn't had.

JoBeth Williams

I felt they had really moved the characters in a direction that was very interesting. The family had really felt the impact of what had happened to the.

I did a 10-page treatment, then started working on biographies for each of the characters. By the time I was finished writing those biographies, I understood completely where each of those characters was going.

Jay Thomas

I couldn't be prouder of these men and the way they played tonight. I think the way we played says a lot about the character of the team.

Jill Clayburgh

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

Steve Buscemi

I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Ezra Miller

I'd say I'm drawn to characters that ring true to me. Adolescence is a troubled time for everyone, so a lot of those characters have been troubled, tortured people. It's been a great way to navigate my adolescence by having these more troubled kids as an outlet.

Robert Englund

I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.

I don't see where the concern is - all rights are guaranteed under Islam. We are willing to meet all stipulations for protecting individual rights, but Islam is a big part of the character of the Iraqi people.

I am very proud of this team and what they accomplished this year. The character that these guys showed working hard every day in practice and then with that drive to the playoffs was great.

Rita Volk

I, as a fan of numerous TV shows and movies, know that people mess up. The characters that we love are not always going to act in the ways that we want them to. That's what makes them interesting.

Campbell Scott

I am a character actor. I'm not a presence actor. And those exist all over the place.

I am not going to put her character on trial; she did nothing wrong.

Kevin Allen

I am proud of the character of my kids. They maintained a high level of character throughout the second half.

Tom Stoppard

I am not somebody who meets a man or a woman somewhere and feels like that is an incredible character that I must write into a play.

Corey Reynolds

I feel like a lot of the portrayals of, in particular, younger minority ethnic characters on television, a lot of their dialogue, a lot of their characteristics, a lot of their personality in a writer's eyes, is kind of propelled through their ethnicity.

Jonathan Vilma

I don't want to be standing here next year talking about the character of the team. I want to be talking about winning and the playoffs.

I don't think we feel like we're ever out of a game. We have the confidence and the character guys that can get things done when the game is on the line and it's been a different guy every time.

He's one of the coolest characters in the business. Everybody here is a kid at heart, but he just shows it.

Diane Lane

He's much more of a veteran than I am in the genre, ... He encouraged me to trust my instincts and tried to pull me into more improvisation. I'll get there, but this is not that film for me. It was more of what Gary had in mind; he heard the way the characters speak in his ear when he wrote the words.

How many stunts can you pile on before the characters get really stale and boring?

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Johnny Depp

I clicked with the character and I really know the guy. It was very, very difficult for me at the end of the first film,

Erich Fromm

A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants to be an outsider, or indeed an outcast; in order to avoid this risk everybody adapts to the majority, who have in common only their mutual antagonism.

Erica Jong

tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult.

Erica Jong

I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing God with the characters. When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. ... I think the most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.

Emily Watson

I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven.