“How a man proposes says a lot about his character.”— Pete Chiarelli, Grandma Annie, Betty White, imdb.com
“William Kunstler: Of course, because you took that black guy and you made him a sympathetic character. Judge Julius Hoffman: Mr. Kunstler, I have lived a a very long time, sir, and you're the first person ever to suggest that I have discriminated against a black man! Leonard Weinglass: Then let the…”— Aaron Sorkin, Leonard Weinglass, Ben Shenkman, imdb.com
“You know, if someone has so much of something already, there's very little you can add.”— Amy Winehouse, imdb.com
“Intelligence and character aren’t the same things at all. Pretending that they are will lead us to ruin.”— Andrew Yang, amazon.com
“The Wolf: You see that, young lady? Respect. Respect for one's elders gives character. Raquel: I have character. The Wolf: Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character.”— Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, The Wolf, Harvey Keitel, imdb.com
“Most of you have known me a long time. You know I'm a patient man. I'm a deliberate man. I'm a fair man.”— Philipp Meyer, Brian McGreevy, Kevin Murphy, Eli McCullough, Pierce Brosnan, imdb.com
“It takes a lot of character to hurt someone you love in order to do what’s right.”— Justin Brenneman, Sharbari Z. Ahmed, Shelby Wyatt, Johanna Braddy, imdb.com
“Lisa: And now you can go back to just being you, instead of a one-dimensional character with a silly catchphrase. Homer: [breaking a lamp] D'oh! Bart: Ay, caramba! Marge: [groans] Maggie: [sucks her pacifier] Flanders: Hi-dilly-ho! Barney: [belches] Nelson: Ha, ha! Mr. Burns: Excellent.”— John Swartzwelder, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com
“Too much character, an excess of character.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com
“The father and mother themselves talk before the children in the most disparaging way about the teacher and the school and they are much more inclined to insult the teachers than to put their offspring across the knee and knock sound reason into him. What the little fellow hears at home does not ten…”— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com
“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgement; in these qualities old age is usually not only not poorer, but is even richer.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu
“The average college GPA for a self-made millionaire is somewhere in the low B range. But at some crucial point in their lives, somebody told them they were too stupid to do something and they set out to prove the bastards wrong.”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.”— John McCain, amazon.com
“Self-respect is not the same as self-confidence or self-esteem. Self-respect is not based on IQ or any of the mental or physical gifts that help get you into a competitive college. It is not comparative. It is not earned by being better than other people at something. It is earned by being better th…”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom.” That’s because wisdom isn’t a body of information. It’s the moral quality of knowing what you don’t know and figuring out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“We don’t become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don’t become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love.”— David Brooks, amazon.com