Quotes About Demeanor

pleasing personality.

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

My agents usually get a breakdown of all the projects that are out there. When I got 'Divergent,' they hadn't finished the script. They knew they wanted the leader of the Dauntless to have a certain demeanor and energy. They had me read a short monologue, and I got the part.

It's all a question of attitude.

A good front is half the battle in love or war.

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.

My demeanor isn't that of a woman enraged. To see me slumped, glassy-eyed, holding a sandwich someone has cut for me into four "manageable" pieces, a person might tell you I look much more like a woman subdued.

When you walk into a room, act as if you own the whole house, not just that room. Paste on a smile, even if it's fake, and never tug at your skirt or mess with your necklace

Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks.

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases.

Dr. Johnson's sayings would not appear so extraordinary were it not for his bow-wow way.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.

If you really want to judge of the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero at one time or another. Watch a man do his most common actions; those are indeed the things which will tell you the real character of a great man.

That must have been the character of the man.

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

As your demeanor has been nonaggressive and you carry no visible weapons, we are not authorized to employ heroic measures to ensure your cooperation," the first MetaCop says. "You stay cool and we'll stay cool," the second MetaCop says.

Your ass is busted," the second MetaCop says. "As your demeanor has been nonaggressive and you carry no visible weapons, we are not authorized to employ heroic measures to ensure your cooperation," the first MetaCop says. "You stay cool and we'll stay cool," the second MetaCop says.

There's a particularly nasty element when lots of men get together sometimes.

I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

I don't know why you think you don't look like a nice guy. You look tough, like you can handle yourself, but you don't look mean.

It is said that the hallmark of a gentleman is that he is only ever rude intentionally. Arthur Bryant was no gentleman. His rudeness came from an inability to cloak his opinions in even the most cursory civility. He believed in good manners at the meal table and bad manners almost everywhere else.