Quotes About Personality

Tolkien reveals that our personalities take on the quality of our acts. Outward behavior manifests inward convictions, whether for good or ill. "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks" (Luke 6:45).

But I knew a lot more than that; I knew exactly what sort of man he was in his old age, so it wasn't hard to guess what he must have been like as a young man--for a man's character doesn't change after he's thirty. It only becomes more firmly set, and is more deeply marked in his features.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

the most enjoyable Western she knew and one of the most fruitful to analyze, but her students could see only John Wayne's politics: his presence wiped out the rest of the film for them, destroyed its personality. "But one has to take their feelings into account," she said.

Are you a Tigger or an Eyore?

Each of us must decide: Am I a fun-loving Tigger or am I a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp.

In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I developed my personality.

A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can't predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you never met before.

You can't buy swag.

I feel like if I'm going to give you a book about my dad, then I really want to give you my dad, because he is interesting and he is funny and if you're buying a book about him, I don't want you to have to sit through stuff that's not him.

If David Goffin wants to remain calm and quiet, fine. But perhaps he would enjoy to have a little more freedom to show another side of his personality.

I have a pretty classic look, so people think I'm pretty calm but I'm the opposite - I can't sit still.

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

Bobby Heenan was as quick-witted off the cameras as he was on the camera and just as funny. A great guy and I just thought the world of him as a person.

How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.

I think that some people like to be someone other than themselves when acting, while others are most themselves. I fall into the second camp. For me, acting is a great exercise in getting to the truth about myself.

I do have a camp side to my personality, but I also have a 'Top Gear'-loving, football-loving side.

I'm a Capricorn, actually.

I never really cared about what I looked like.

Some people are very ambitious and plan their whole careers, but I am not that kind of a person.

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

It makes a lot of sense to me that I would be a cartoon. I feel like a cartoon as a person. I really, really do.