Famous Quotes & Sayings

Annette Bening

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.

Wal-Mart would have an impact on the whole character of communities, not just in Pajaro, but up and down the coast.

Denis O'Hare

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

Dennis Franz

Changes have taken place since year one. When Caruso left, that was a big change. We've been able to adapt nicely. It's given us new opportunities for different characters and story lines.

Catherine Hardwicke

I try to learn on each project, try to really feel what the characters are feeling.

Corin Nemec

I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time.

Danny Pino

The most I could hope for is to come and try and develop a character who is interesting, who is interesting to me, who is interesting to fans and who could contribute to the storytelling that is 'Law & Order: SVU.'

Blake Lively

So, it's cool that, yes, Hal Jordan is a superhero, but my character is a real-world hero in her own life.

Kevin Whately

I don't like two-dimensional characters who are obviously villains from the moment they walk on stage.

Sebastian Faulks

The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

Rupert Grint

The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.

Paul Bloom

I have my own difficulty with movies in which the suffering of the characters is too real, and many find it difficult to watch comedies that rely too heavily on embarrassment; the vicarious reaction to this is too unpleasant.

Ruth Ozeki

When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you're not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they're driving the vehicle.

Margaret Mahy

I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been.

Pat Mitchell

I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as they draw their characters and their stories from what they experience around them. After all, that is what actors, filmmakers, journalists are trained to be: observers. And then they do something with their observations.

Rainbow Rowell

In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.

Malala Yousafzai

I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.

Philip Roth

American society [...] not only sanctions gross and unfair relations among men, but it encourages them. Now, can that be denied? No. Rivalry, competition, envy, jealousy, all that is malignant in human character is nourished by the system. Possession, money, property--on such corrupt standards as these do you people measure happiness and success.

Anthony Marra

To make a book convincing, it's less important that the right tree be in the right place than that the characters are emotionally real.

Paul Hartley

Today shows the character we have in the squad.

Lleyton Hewitt

Yeah, you're always going to have those kind of characters out there, I guess. You know, different personalities. You know, you look at McEnroe and Borg, totally different situations, playing styles, strengths and weaknesses, I guess.

Max von Sydow

When I know what the character I'm supposed to play wants in general terms, and when I know what did the other characters want to do, that's when all these wills collide and the emotions show up.

Ludwig von Mises

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

Harland Williams

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.

Hannah Murray

I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.

Honeysuckle Weeks

I have always been a fan of Jim Henson, and I love his Creature Shop creations, the skill of the puppets and the characters he creates.

We got to see the character of this team. A couple of years ago, we might have laid down. This year, we've got a lot of fight.

We had contributions from lots of sources. I thought we showed good character on the road.

We fought hard to get this victory after the tough loss on Wednesday at Rice. This team showed a lot of character and heart in getting this done tonight.

We didn't do much offensively for about 36-37 minutes, but our guys showed some character by playing hard at the defensive end until the shots started falling for us.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

Orison Swett Marden

Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.

Zach Woods

I've played a lot of characters who are creeps or weirdos, with a deep darkness underneath the surface.