Quotes About Traits

Children do take after their parents, of course. But the rearrangement of the inherited qualities and defects is done so strangely that only one of a pair of qualities which seemed inseparable in a parent may turn up in the child; and it may be blended with a defect of the other parent that had once seemed incompatible with it.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomiants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. (Cannery Row)

It has always seemed strange to me," said Doc. "The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become.

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.

I'm just a friendly person; that runs in my family.

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

But what we call experience is only the revelation to our own eyes of one of our own character traits, which recurs naturally, and recurs all the more powerfully if we have already on some previous occasion brought it up into the clear light of consciousness, so that the spontaneous reaction which had guided us the first time becomes reinforced by all the suggestions of memory.

Why, there's nothing to sneer at in mongrels, son. I once read an article by a man named Terhune, a read dog man. And he said there couldn't be a worse mistake then to sneer at the mongrel. Why, in his mind, the mongrel had more cleverness, more stamina, and sometimes more beauty than a purebred. And the only shame, he said, is the owner's failure to bring out his many fine traits.

Camels are snobbishand sheep, unintelligent;water buffaloes, neurasthenic—even murderous.Reindeer seem over-serious.

Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you wont either.

Dígame, señor Aladino, ¿usted de qué signo es? - Virgo, para servirle a usted. - ¿Virgo? Impulsivo, sensible reservado, activo, inteligencia racional, sentido práctico, devoción, fidelidad. Y también tendencia al surmenaje.

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Best to have only a few absolutely perfect trait - for example, my hair and eyes and sparkling personality - so you don't overwhelm.

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

commonality can most easily be seen in the seven common traits that all explorers possessed: curiosity, hope, passion, courage, independence, self-discipline, and perseverance. Explorers

voices in the study of positive psychology, framed the traits as hope, wisdom, creativity, future-mindedness, courage, spirituality, responsibility, and perseverance. V. Paraphrased from a speech given by Bruce Springsteen

What's bred in the bone comes out in the blood.

What's bred in the bone comes out in the blood.' How many times had she said that to people?

I know it's wrong to generalize, but some cultures encourage certain traits, and the ones the iMozani'i culture promotes are ones I happen to like, so I felt right at home from the word go.