Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth Wurtzel

In a strange way, I had fallen in love with my depression. Dr. Sterling was right about that. I loved it because I thought it was all I had. I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant offerings to give to the world, that the one thing that justified my existence at all was my agony.

David Bergen

Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

In the second half, I was really proud of our kids. I thought we played with a lot of character and a lot of effort.

Melissa McCarthy

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

Adan Canto

In theater, you go in-depth with your character, so coming to the States, it was inevitable to dig into the pilots I liked. I knew what characters I was going to be reading for, so I would dissect them and really get involved with them.

Martha Stewart

If you would be so kind to write such a letter, please include your opinion of my character, my work ethic, my integrity and my probity,

If you want to love this world, you must learn to ignore the people in it. To love yourself, you must learn to ignore the people that are inside of you.

I think our guys kind of got where we played to keep from losing than playing to win. But it showed a lot of character to hang in there the way they did.

Chris Crutcher

I realized that I wanted to be a writer and I had characters and topics all around me to write about,

Harvey Keitel

I read Get Shorty and Be Cool. He's a wonderful writer. He has his ear and his pen on the pulse of these kinds of characters he's writing about.

Aneurin Barnard

I always used to pretend to be different characters - cowboys, that sort of thing. I used to think that the Indians lived over the mountains that I could see out of my bedroom. As I grew up, I started to understand that acting was actually a craft, and there was no question about it, that was exactly what I was going to do.

I always try to make each character my own.

Anthony Marra

Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood reading that I return to with any regularity, and they have grown with me, yielding newer and deeper meaning.

Markus Naslund

But if it was me, I'd be doing everything I could to get back and play and show everyone the character I have ... instead of trying to sue everyone.

Jack Nicholson

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.

Jack Huston

I've always considered myself a character actor.

Jack Huston

Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.

Jack Johnson

The bitter attacks I faced were far worse than any fighter I ever faced in the ring. The caustic remarks, the threats to injure me, the shots at my character-fighting those were my toughest battle.

Jack Higgins

I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.

Jack Horner

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.

J. Cole

If I'm a character, it's a biographical movie. My character is as close to me as possible. As close to being myself as possible. So my character, J. Cole, is very close to Jermaine Cole.

J. B. Smoove

You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so amazing to me.

J. C. Ryle

Those who confine God's love exclusively to the elect appear to me to take a narrow and contracted view of God's character and attributes....I have long come to the conclusion that men may be more systematic in their statements than the Bible, and may be led into grave error by idolatrous veneration of a system

Isaac Newton

All the characters of the Passion agree to the year 34; and that is the only year to which they all agree.

Irving Langmuir

Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.

Charles Polk

Character witnesses are for when you're guilty and are looking for lenient sentencing.

James Frain

Characters who have some kind of free rein on their darker selves are always fun because they've taken the license off. You just get to fill out all the colors.

Darin Strauss

Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.

William Wordsworth

Characters of the great Apocalypse,/ The types and symbols of Eternity,/ Of first, and last, and midst, and without end.

Sathya Baba

Character is to be sought more than intellect.

Character has always been a very important issue with me, ... (Character and chemistry) go hand in hand for me.

Walt Whitman

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Scott Johnson

He took a big hit on the head earlier, but showed great character to hold in there for so long.