Character Quotes

They say a person speaks on average 15000 words a day. Can that be true? I used to go through whole days without saying a word.

Still don't know what that storm was. Been online all day but still no joy. Maybe it's a government thing? They're covering their tracks?

I once went out with a vegetarian. We spent Christmas at her parents house eating nutroast and pretending her mum didn't need to shave.

Part of me likes simon amstell but part of me thinks he might be funnier than me so i think its safer if I just hate him.

I have a dream. I have a dream where a man will be judged not by the colour of his skin but by the quality of his drugs. I have a dream.

Dignity does not consist of possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean, uptight, incompetent bully comes naturally to me.

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…Great necessities call out great virtues.

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

State Socialism is not in the character of the British people. It has no place in our traditions. It has no hold on our hearts.

One can acquire everything in solitude — except character.

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.