Quotes About Personality

To many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a particular influence, subduing them into receptiveness.

A kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gum or starch in the form of tradition.

What has that to do with Miss Brooke's marrying him? She does not do it for my amusement.' 'He has got no good red blood in his body,' said Sir James. 'No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses,' said Mrs Cadwallader.

character is not cut in marble—it is not something solid and unalterable.

Away from her sister, Celia talked quite easily, and Sir James said to himself that the second Miss Brooke was certainly very agreeable as well as pretty, though not, as some people pretended, more clever and sensible than the elder sister. He felt that he had chosen the one who was in all respects the superior; and a man naturally likes to look forward to having the best. He would be the very Mawworm of bachelors who pretended not to expect it.

Mr. Johnson's character was not much more exceptional than his double chin.

No, dear, no, said Dorothea, stroking her sister's cheek. Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another.

He has got no good red blood in his body, said Sir James. No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses, said Mrs. Cadwallader.

Uno de los secretos en ese cambio de disposición mental que ha venido apropiadamente en llamarse conversión es que para muchos entre nosotros ni el cielo ni la tierra contienen revelación alguna hasta que cierta personalidad toca la suya con su influencia particular y los torna receptivos.

Mas, minha querida Mrs. Casaubon (...) -, o carácter não é uma peça de mármore... não é algo de sólido e inalterável. É algo que está vivo e se transforma, e pode adoecer, como também acontece com o nosso corpo.

He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James. "No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs. Cadwallader. "Why

But in that curious compound, the feminine character, it may easily happen that the flavor is unpleasant in spite of excellent ingredients;

It is one of the secrets in that change of mental poise which has been fitly named conversion, that to many among us neither heaven nor earth has any revelation till some personality touches theirs with a peculiar influence, subduing them into receptiveness.

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Can linguistic framing change the kind of person someone is? The answer seems to be yes, though possibly not in extreme cases.

Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

Just look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock.

Half your battle is won when the writing is good, and then you as an artist bring your personality into it.

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.

And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.

I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.

I guess people wonder if I'm the same on camera as I am off, and I'm pretty much the same, I really am. But that's always asked of me.

I can't become another person, no matter how much makeup I wear. Something of your own past, your experiences and personality always comes out in the role, and that makes acting very risky. You're exposed. You always wonder if you can pull it off.