Quotes about character
character slavery foul
Slavery is a foul contagion in the human character. John Adams
character mean divine-right
The people "have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge- I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers."
character law america
The United States of America...has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility of Muslims.
character men law
[J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or body of men.
character thinking kind
I think you always take away a little bit of a character with you, and it kinda like hangs on you for a bit, and then as time kind of goes and wears off a little bit. Jackson Rathbone
character loss discovery
Progress is the exploration of our own error. Evolution is a consolidation of what have always begun as errors. And errors are of two kinds: errors that turn out to be true and errors that turn out to be false (which are most of them). But they both have the same character of being an imaginative speculation. I say all this because I want very much to talk about the human side of discovery and progress, and it seems to me terribly important to say this in an age in which most non-scientists are feeling a kind of loss of nerve. Jacob Bronowski
character personality roles
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in. Harvey Fierstein
character leader arrogance
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw. Harvey Mackay
character work-out historical
I work really out of mythology, so often I work out of a story that has remained lodged inside somehow, or I work out of history, you know, out of a sense of historical inevitability with characters. Louise Erdrich
character style bills
Wild Bill was a strange character, add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains. George Armstrong Custer
character joy stories
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal? George Bancroft
character calm audience
Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded. Gene Wilder
character chocolate film
In fact, [Gene Wilder] had made a hysteric seem considerably less funny in his film debut as a terrified undertaker in "Bonnie And Clyde." And neurotics soon became his stock-in-trade, whether he was playing the weird title character in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory..."
character education knowledge
The end of knowledge is LOVE. The end of education is character. Sathya Baba
character good portrayed
the character will be portrayed in a good light. John Grisham
character desperate english-actress herself related
The character was so desperate herself that she related to all those singers. I particularly like those singers. They were my favorites. Jane Horrocks
character clothing dress supposed worked
The character wasn't really supposed to know how to act like a girl. So that part worked 4 me. I still dress in women's clothing occasionally. Jonathan Brandis
character directly fame hall player reason reflected team
The character that we have as a team is directly reflected because of him. The reason he was a Hall of Fame player was because of that character. Flip Saunders
characters imagined people simply
. . . the characters were simply people I imagined that were interesting to me. Tilly Bagshawe
characters constantly homes keeping multiple
The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.
characters portrayed
The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters. Robert Niro
characters crosses
The characters that have greys are the more interesting characters. The hero who sometimes crosses the line and the villain who sometimes doesn't are just much more interesting. Geoff Johns
characters crazy eternal fools pursue themselves
The characters make fools of themselves repeatedly, and show how crazy we all act when we try to pursue eternal youth.
characters fan fiction terribly upsets
The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan fiction with my characters.
character high players school showing sports successful
The character of the players is showing through. They aren't just going to be successful in high school sports but are going to be successful in life.
character kids obviously program talent
The character of the kids we have in the program is great. The talent obviously helps, but even when I'm not happy, like after tonight, our character is still there.
character films jimmy modern
The character of Elliot is one of a polite, chivalrous, modern Jimmy Stuart who you do not see much of in films today, Michael Showalter
character couple days moved others portray stayed
The character I portray was not first on the list. There were others who didn't want it. One (took it), stayed a couple of days and moved on." () Matthew McConaughey
character driven sister slept
The character can't go any further. She's slept with her brother-in-law, driven her sister to drink, become a blackmailer. What else is left? Mary Crosby
character guys hundredth pushing race runs true
The guys showed their true character pushing one hundredth (of a second) faster. That's what this race will be about. If I have the same two runs (today), I'll be happy. Pierre Lueders
character passion government
The political truths declared in that solemn manner acquire by degrees the character of fundamental maxims of free Government, and as they become incorporated with national sentiment, counteract the impulses of interest and passion. James Madison
character government people
And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty and to the Constitution which is its palladium [protection], ... a Government which watches over ... the equal interdict [prohibition] against encroachments and compacts between religion and the state.
character government liberty
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.