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Characters Quotes (page 64)

Paul McCartney quote: "You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his..."
You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. Paul McCartney
William Makepeace Thackeray quote: "She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned..."
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day. William Makepeace Thackeray
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it. C. S. Lewis
I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and of what kind of a mortal I am, by the one, would give you a better relish for the other: As you proceed further with me, the slight acquaintance which is now beginning betwixt us, will grow into familiarity; and that, unless one of us is in fault, will terminate in friendship. Laurence Stern
I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life. Russell Brand
The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, mining, or trade, but only the imagination and initiative of leaders, and the hardy industry of followers, can transform the possibilities into fact...Man, not the earth, makes civilization. Ariel Durant
Bullshitting god would be Max's plan in a nutshell. Miles could even guess his father's opening gambit. He'd point out to God that if He expected better results, He ought to have given Max better character to work with, instead of sending him into battle so poorly equipped. Richard Russo
Tanner: My dear Tavy, your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium built expressly to strengthen your character in leads you to think about your own confounded principles when you should be thinking about other people's necessities. George Bernard Shaw
Matt Groening quote: "Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters..."
Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry! Matt Groening
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals..."
A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles---for then he is off his guard. Arthur Schopenhauer
In 1991, Disney forced a group of New Zealand parents in a remote country town to remove their amateur renditions of Pluto and Donald Duck from a playground mural; and Barney has been breaking up children's birthday parties across the U.S., claiming that any parent caught dressed in a purple dinosaur suit is violating its trademark. The Lyons Group, which owns the Barney character, "has sent 1,000 letters to shop owners" renting or selling the offending costumes. "They can have a dinosaur... Naomi Klein
Margaret Atwood quote: "Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in..."
Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in pictures—they all have families and ancestors, just like people. Margaret Atwood
Euripides quote: "courage is the gift of character"
courage is the gift of character Euripides
Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character! Bill Watterson
Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them; to fetter the development, and, if possible, prevent the formation, of any individuality not in harmony with its ways, and compel all characters to fashion themselves upon the... John Stuart Mill

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