Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nothing affects the heart like that which is purely from itself, and of its own nature; such as the beauty of sentiments, the grace of actions, the turn of characters, and the proportions and features of a human mind.

No one was ever the better for advice: in general, what we called giving advice was properly taking an occasion to show our own wisdom at another's expense; and to receive advice was little better than tamely to another the occasion of raising himself a character from our defects.

We have time for them to excel. Students here don't worry about peer pressure. Parents don't have to worry about what kind of stuff (the pupils) are going to hear or see. The moral character here is high.

Kelli O'Hara

I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.

Kristan Higgins

A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.

Hunting is about ethics and character. If you have good character you will become a good hunter.

Richard Schickel

He was such a vivid character. And it was a character he made up - this slightly ghoulish, heavy-set man who made up jokes on his TV series.

I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.

Anna Friel

I also like the fact that the character isn't a typical footballer's wife, she doesn't need the bling and being at the forefront of everything.

Richard Masur

I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even knowing I had any connection to the community.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Jonathan Davis

He was a guy who really liked Sinatra, stuck at this alternative-rock radio station, ... So we had the character record his own versions of these (alternative) songs. That was the original inspiration for Cheese.

He was a determined kid with a lot of character, even then.

Jeff Lemire

One of my favorite things about the DC Universe, growing up as a reader, was just how big it was and just how many characters and superheroes there were. And how many odd characters there were.

Sally Field

I was shaking all over. I didn't like it and I felt that way when we shot the sequences, but I thought my character felt that way.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I would say as a journalist, I would envision travelling to other countries that have had to reckon with their past and see how they've done it: what worked, what didn't work, finding characters that would tell the story of how that process was done.

Jonathan Jackson

I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.'

Alice McDermott

I guess I cringe when the discussion leads to, rather than books and sentences and characters and the stuff that writers are supposed to be concerned with, how to have an online presence and how many followers you have on Twitter. That stuff always makes me uncomfortable.

Stephen Merchant

If we put the real Ricky on screen, with all his neuroses, it'd be worse than (his character on The Office) David Brent. People would hate him.

Greg Rucka

I have distinct tastes on these characters and I will fight for them.

If the state hadn't purchased it, the character of the Ridge would have been lost. It is a great asset.

If the church is going to restore its character and credibility, it had better start taking some risks and speaking out on these issues. All of a sudden, Mahony is a hero ... I think it's an historic moment.

Jojo Moyes

If the characters are compelling, readers will follow anywhere.

Julie Kenner

If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow.

Amanda Abbington

If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.

William Rehnquist

He was a man of character and dedication.

Jesse Williams

I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.

Pierce Brosnan

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

He will retire as commander, with full pension and with an honorable characterization of discharge, consistent with the character of his 20 years service,

Bennett Miller

He was the only choice. He was going to do it or we weren't going to do it. I've known Phil for 21 years now, and I feel I know him inside and out, and other than him being an incredible actor, a shaman-like actor, I will say that everything in this movie that gets revealed through this character are things that Phil knows.

Hugh Grant

He is a ridiculous character as well. He thinks he?s way cooler and more fascinating than he really is.

Jeffrey Wright

He has such an incredible range, ... He can be very, very subtle or he can be explosive, depending on what the character is, and he has an incredible human compassion thing that I read off him on-screen.

He had a great nose. He got a nose job and he's still a character actor.