Famous Quotes & Sayings

Georg C. Lichtenberg

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

Gene Luen Yang

One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian characters white.

Gene Hackman

I do not like assassins, or men of low character.

Gary Gygax

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit.

Friedrich Nietzsche

What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do.

Friedrich Nietzsche

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

Jessica Valenti

Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control.

Jerry B. Jenkins

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

Jerry B. Jenkins

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like.

Jerry Bridges

Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.

Jerry Bridges

Godly character flows out of devotion to God and practically confirms the reality of that devotion.

Jerry Bridges

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God

Jerry Bridges

Peace should be a hallmark of the godly person, first because it is a Godlike trait: God is called the God of peace several times in the New Testament. He took the initiative to establish peace with rebellious men, and He is the author of both personal peace as well as peace among men. Peace should be part of our character also because God has promised us His peace, because He has commanded us to let peace rule in our lives and relationships, and because peace is a fruit of the Spirit and therefore an evidence of His working in our lives.

Jerry Bridges

Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.

Cappie Pondexter

I felt unstoppable. (Dickson) is a scoring threat, no doubt. ... It shows a lot about our character that we were able to fight and not give up.

Jay Thomas

I couldn't be prouder of these men and the way they played tonight. I think the way we played says a lot about the character of the team.

Jill Clayburgh

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

Robert Englund

I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.

I don't see where the concern is - all rights are guaranteed under Islam. We are willing to meet all stipulations for protecting individual rights, but Islam is a big part of the character of the Iraqi people.

I am very proud of this team and what they accomplished this year. The character that these guys showed working hard every day in practice and then with that drive to the playoffs was great.

Campbell Scott

I am a character actor. I'm not a presence actor. And those exist all over the place.

I am not going to put her character on trial; she did nothing wrong.

Kevin Allen

I am proud of the character of my kids. They maintained a high level of character throughout the second half.

Tom Stoppard

I am not somebody who meets a man or a woman somewhere and feels like that is an incredible character that I must write into a play.

Jonathan Vilma

I don't want to be standing here next year talking about the character of the team. I want to be talking about winning and the playoffs.

I don't think we feel like we're ever out of a game. We have the confidence and the character guys that can get things done when the game is on the line and it's been a different guy every time.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Johnny Depp

I clicked with the character and I really know the guy. It was very, very difficult for me at the end of the first film,

David Halberstam

I am made nervous, as someone who works in the same vineyard, by the idea of inventing himself as a fictional character, ... It seems unnecessary. It seems taking a major liberty. And the problem with it is if you invent the fictional character and you take this liberty, then the reader is going to think what other liberties?

Hugo Weaving

As human beings, of course, we're all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a character and if there's room for me to express them, that's a part I'd love to play, so much more than a character who is heroic and one-dimensional.