Famous Quotes & Sayings

Calvin Coolidge

It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.

Calvin Coolidge

America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.

Calvin Coolidge

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

Calvin Coolidge

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

Calvin Coolidge

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be the better observed, but their source by their very nature is in the people. The people have to bear their own responsibilities. There is no method by which that burden can be shifted to the government. It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.

Calvin Coolidge

Character is the only secure foundation of the state.

Calvin Coolidge

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

Calvin Coolidge

Money will not purchase character or good government.

Celina Jade

When I first got the audition for Shado, I went online and subscribed to DC Comics and read a bunch on Shado and the Yakuza, just to get to know her character better.

Cesar Chavez

...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it bluntly, than violence. Most violent acts are accomplished by getting the opponent off guard, and it doesn't take that much character, I think, if one wants to do it.

Cesar Chavez

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

Catherine Malandrino

I want to bring softness and refinement to an urban, feminine wardrobe and to help the woman show her character and individuality through her unique clothes.

Catherine Mary Stewart

I dont have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. Its all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. Its always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.

Catherine O'Hara

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

Catherine Keener

If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.

Catherine Keener

I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.

Carroll O'Connor

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

B. D. Wong

I am fine playing 'Law & Order' and even the 'Jurassic' movies to be straight up, as far as the characters being portrayed there, but I never want to stay in straight-up land too long. I always wanted to do something where the character's world gets to be explored.

Rupert Grint

But we knew the characters pretty well because we were all big fans of the books.

Scott Speed

But it's something that was a huge character builder, when you can walk around the racetrack and still perform wearing diapers and have self-dignity.

Jaime Pressly

But for me, I prefer to play the more rugged character because it's more real. ... More people can relate to those types of characters, and I like to be able to relate to everybody.

Lee Daniels

Because this character is interracial and struggles with all sorts of issues because of that, I thought she was perfect.

Dana Williams

Because they are so customizable, you can make them into whatever you want them to be, and I want them to be characters in my story. They usually feed my creativity. I like having the characters so that I can hold them and see them.

I managed to get the four most polite children ever and they blushed through most of the rehearsals. At first, they were very uncomfortable with it and whispered the words. But, they got used to it because all of their characters use swear words.

Ian Rankin

Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character. If you want to tell the reader a lot about a character in a small space, just tell them what their musical taste is. You'll get their age, their background, whether they're gregarious or a loner.

Melissa McCarthy

More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier.

Johnny Depp

More than it having anything to do with money, or franchise, or hopefully continued success, it actually had ... more to do with selfishly being able to meet up with that character again.

Sathya Baba

Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.

Money and mansions are not the only wealth. Hoard the wealth of the Spirit. Character is wealth; good conduct is wealth; and spiritual wisdom is wealth.

John Searles

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

Maria Semple

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.

Finn Taylor

Obviously we are all sad today about Chris. Chris was really excited to be doing a comedy. He was such a great character actor ... and he gave an incredible performance that's going to make a lot of people laugh for years to come.

Marc Guggenheim

Obviously, I love superheroes; I love comic book characters, but I... I guess I've had a lifelong affection for comics, and while I love the characters so much, I also love the medium.