We are dealing, then, with an absurdity that is not a quirk or an accident, but is fundamental to our character as people. The split between what we think and what we do is profound....

People like light and silly, and they like stuff that’s really energetic, and you get a character in a film bouncing around and screaming, people laugh. That’s all it takes. I don’t find that funny....

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.

The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.

There are scripts I’ve read where I really like the character but there might be some content that I’m uneasy with. You have to make the decision whether you want to put that out there.

The best way to be happiest everyday in a workplace is to adapt to the attitude and behavior of the workforce who have got the longest stay, as their character is the proven reflection of...

The characters in the four-lettered word FACT consist of seventy-five percent ACT, so it is always sensible to see the character of a person solely by his ACT or deeds than his words.

Sometimes, something of someone is liked too much not because it holds too much value or has a true value, but because there are too many bidders and buyers to have the same thing at...

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn’t as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that’s compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

Please please read. Everything and anything. You may not remember all of it, you may not remember any of it But from the fairytailes…to the sweeping soaring classics I hope you will one day discover...

I was tired of this silly joking about my ‘speaking countenance’. I could keep a secret as well as anyone. Poirot had always persisted in the humiliating belief that I am a transparent character and...

Life is swimming to shore with cowboy boots on.

You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed,

Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible.

Characters should be interchangeable as between one book and another. The entire corpus of existing literature should be regarded as a limbo from which discerning authors could draw their characters as required, creating only when...

In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character

She lives like tomorrow isn’t coming and yesterday never happened.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

People will fall in love with you due to your character, but they’ll stay in love with you due to your attitude

It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There’s many sides to personality, but it’s a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid...

Reading the script, I had a strong feeling for the character. She has this brassy, cabaret quality, but she wears her heart on her sleeve, and I thought she was one of the most captivating...

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it’s about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.”-David Levithan (Every Day)

If I had a clone, I could list myself as a character reference.

Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.

You bring a little bit of yourself into every character you play. We’re multifaceted creatures.

I have a comic character – my sister said that I’m the victim of every joke I tell.

Four years ago Clinton hadn’t had his problems, … I also think that sometimes we react to an election late. Character probably should have been a concern four years ago and it wasn’t. I think...

Be a peacemaker but never at the expense of your character or God’s standards.

The modern virtues fail because they concern the outer self, the human facade, the part of ourselves the world sees most readily – while the classical virtues form an organizing framework for our inner selves…...

I kind of cheer the presence of any gay characters at all – I think the more we can saturate television with any gay character or lesbian character or transgender character, I think that’s a...

It’s one of the most liberating things I experience in writing – letting yourself get rid of a gesture or character or plot point that always nagged, even if you couldn’t admit to yourself that...

When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them?

…I’ve been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I’ve had my heart broken, had my pride stomped on, witnessed unforgivable acts, and heard words that...

There’s nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

‘Dexter,’ while the pilot shares moments with the novel that created the character of Dexter, they completely abandoned the book from that moment on.

He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably connected to the others; he must make his whole world in a single, coherent gesture, as a potter makes...

I was tired of being me.

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.

People not only stinks because of the odor but also because of the character.