Quotes About Personality

What kind of woman am I? she asked. My kind. He grinned.

Love of another individual opens a new relation between the personality and the world. — Carson McCullers, The Mortgaged Heart: Selected Writings (Houghton Mifflin, 1971)

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or he became me. Or we met at some point.

NIJO: I'm not a cheerful person, Marlene. I just laugh a lot.

Or I can try to educate them about TBI, tell them that brain injury is an event from which one never fully recovers. The aftereffect of a major blow to the head is a lifelong, chronic condition that will have its flare-ups and remissions. And a severe brain injury inevitably causes personality changes.

He was tall and thin, with a shock of grey hair and eyebrows that could stop a supernova in its tracks. His wardrobe ranged from ageing punk rocker to sharp-suited mod, but today veered towards the latter: a crisp white shirt buttoned to the neck beneath a velvet Crombie jacket.

People who believe that they are not interesting, usually are the most interesting of all.

And older people were like babies; something about their demeanour made you love them despite their ignorant selfish personalities.

people don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character

People don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character, isolated actions contrary to their true nature.

He always wore dark-blue suits, but I made his suit light blue because he did not feel dark blue to me.

You, on the other hand, are a sweet little éclair on the outside and a pit bull on the inside.

Arelene's middle name was tolerance, mostly because she was too easygoing to take a moral stance.

Lillian is one of those disagreeable people who yet have some redeeming qualities, so that you can't write them off entirely—but you sure wish you could.

My God, child, you look like something the cat dragged in!" Eileen bellowed. She was a suspiciously dark-haired woman about forty-five, with expensive clothes from the very best big women's store. Her makeup was heavy but well done, her perfume was intrusive but attractive, and she was one of the most overwhelming women I'd ever met. Eileen was something of a town character in Lawrenceton, and she could talk you into buying a house quicker then you could take an aspirin.

This Peter looked a lot like Eli, but with all the character sanded off.

I am a bit of a lad but don't tell: it will ruin my image!

When I first saw Drake, I thought I was never going to like him based on the person that I saw on T.V. He's just so full on, and he's got the ladies' man thing, which isn't necessarily something that would resonate with me.

It's just kinda what I did: played crazy old ladies.

Someone like Bethany Frankel goes from being, like, 'some lady' to a star with arguably as much charisma as anybody else on TV. I personally find that riveting.

Aussies are really laid back, and so are Californians.

My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.

I think people often think of me as very intense. I'm a congressman and all, but I'm actually very laid back.

It's important to have a good sense of style that sets you apart, so you're not just forgotten after somebody meets you.