Quotes about character
character intuition world
A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the subtlest possible adjustments, a process of intuition to which exaggeration and force are fatal. Rachel Cusk
character civilization dumb
No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy. Queen Victoria
character atoms elements
Each celestial body, in fact each and every atom, produces a particular sound on account of its movement, its rhythm or vibration. All these sounds and vibrations form a universal harmony in which each element, while having it’s own function and character, contributes to the whole. Pythagoras
character different roles
Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different. Piper Perabo
character love-is people
I can understand in some sense, having played the character, how unimaginably frustrating it is for people to tell you that you can't love who you love, because you ain't going to change it, and so they have to get out of your way
character play community
It was intimidating to play a deaf character. There's a whole culture in the deaf community and I really wanted to know a lot about that and honor it in the work.
character musical elements
Music is a defining element of character. Plato
character design attention
Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the readers attention. Ted Naifeh
character play
You have to like the characters you play. Ted McGinley
character dying henry-v
I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime. Ted Lange
character great-experiences theater
In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience. Tcheky Karyo
character perception thrive
Do what you know and perception is converted into character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
character play actors
The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as the great actor is absorbed in... the part he plays.
character giving risk
You can't say the public likes generic characters. Give others a chance, go for a more rooted and honest characterisation, take some risk, and then let the public choose. Randeep Hooda
character ice law
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinction. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. It is like ice, on which no beauty of form, no majesty of carriage, can plead any immunity; they must walk gingerly, according to the laws of ice, or down they must go, dignity and all.
character thinking function
Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.
character mean men
That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.
character stills spells
A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
character men conscience
Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.
character heaven fruit
Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.
character mean men
It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving at the motive, the character, the secret self. We call the tree good from its fruits, and the man, from his works.
character men compromise
Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
character men hands
Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent a man of great acuteness, a fine scholar, a fine forensic orator, and some master of the brawls has crunched him up in his hands like a bit of paper.
character talent sensuality
Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.
character passion native-american
The most Indian thing about the Indian is surely not his moccasins or his calumet, his wampum or his stone hatched, but traits of character and sagacity, skill, or passion.
character fate destiny
If we must accept fate we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character.
character levels dignity
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
character personality gentleman
Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy.
character victory instant
The victories of character are instant, and victories for all.
character deeds-and-words purpose
Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.
character self elegance
Self-command is the main elegance.
character self want
Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.
character men fruit
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.