Quotes About Character

I get very annoyed when people think I'm nice or diffident or a polite English gentleman. I'm a nasty piece of work, and people should know that.

Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk.

I'm not a political guy.

My father was not a political animal.

I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.

It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.

Jake Corman, he and I disagree on issues politically, but Jake Corman is not a bad guy.

I have a political attitude, but I'm certainly not a politician.

I don't want to be known as a politician.

I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

I'm not a politician and my other habits are good.

I am not a politician, and my other habits air good.

Any politician is always looking for a format where they can show who they really are, show their true selves.

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.

I cannot throw my core values into a dustbin as some do for the sake of power and position. What kind of a politician that would make me then?

I think here in Beauce, people are very honest. And they don't like a politician that will say something one day and the opposite the other day.

I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But I'm not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. I'm interested in the person who can make the right decisions.

Politicians often reveal most about themselves in unguarded moments.

This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world.

I'm not in the business of politics.