The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.

You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

We are given talent but we choose to have character.

It took a certain kind of person to come from luxury and seek out danger.

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.

And if I am not mistaken here is the secret of the greatness that was Spain. In Spain it is men that are the poems, the pictures and the buildings. Men are its philosophies. They...

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don’t believe it.

Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.

When a person finds life hard, he needs motivation and inspiration; but if he finds life’s journey easy, then he needs meditation and introspection to know the true quality of his life.

I saw ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ because my brother was in it. It was a watershed experience. It was theatrical and scary, and New York functioned like a character. John Guare became a hero for...

A person’s reputation is like a glass panel that remains protected till it remains fitted in the strong and durable frame of the good character.

It hurt me in the draft, because it kind of damaged my character and put me in a light that I don’t want to be put in. Teams know I’m a good player. People that...

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And...

I’m going home.” – Celeste”To never return?” – Uway”Yes, show me the way to never return.” – CelesteALL LIGHT WILL FALL

As an actor, it’s my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can’t go wrong.

I’ve always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don’t really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.

I’m just glad that I’m the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers can keep singing and having an audience at 35, and someone like Madonna’s gonna have to find something else to...

Our task is to take suffering in stride, not as if it is a pleasure (it isn’t), but in the knowledge that God will not let it overwhelm us and that He will use it,...

I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in...

That shows the character of this team. When we were down all year, we’d come back.

Why are some countries able, despite their very real and serious problems, to press ahead along the road to reconciliation, recovery, and redevelopment while others cannot? These are critical questions for Africa, and their answers...

There’s never been any game plan or thread through my career. It’s just happened that I’ve ricocheted from one interesting character to another.

I am myself for a living. I don’t animate a character.

When I write, I see the character inside out, not outside in.

Her flesh was powdery and voluptuously weary, as if tenderized by all the different beds and arms in which she had lain. Her face was as soft as the pulpy flash of an overripe banana,...

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.

To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power, but the very moment the balance of power gets into the...

I think it’s important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have boundaries. And it helps that enchantment of watching an actor....

It’s not like my old self – I’m not in character anymore, I’m me. I’m not hiding behind that anymore.

If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character.

…I’m sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be formed, for good or evil. I don’t feel that it’s...

It’s going to be complicated, but it’s at times like these when you find out if the players have character.

It makes your buttocks ache walking on flat ground all the time.

His character is like an emerald—multifaceted and enhanced by inclusions.

It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, as a source of pleasure and self-justification. Who would try to write poems, or novels, or paint...

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn’t easy.

He’s an interesting character,

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince...

Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons, all we are left with is emotional blackmail. We sometimes call it ‘moral...

It’s all about being comfortable, being easy and having you be able to wear something and not having it wear you. It’s classic. Every time I’ve tried to be bold and crazy, I feel like...

Don’t pretend to be what you’re not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization.

Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.