Bad Character Quotes

You can't hide what you are. We can pretend a lot, but our inside is reflected through some aspect of our character, and that inside is either good or bad. ~ Waheed Ibne Musa

Research from these new disciplines has revealed that trauma produces actual physiological changes, including a recalibration of the brain's alarm system, an increase in stress hormone activity, and alterations in the system that filters relevant information from irrelevant. We now know that trauma compromises the brain area that communicates the physical, embodied feeling of being alive. These changes explain why traumatized individuals become hypervigilant to threat at the expense of spontaneously engaging in their day-to-day lives. They also help us understand why traumatized people so often keep repeating the same problems and have such trouble learning from experience. We now know that their behaviors are not the result of moral failings or signs of lack of willpower or bad character - they are caused by actual changes in the brain. This ~ Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death. ~ Thomas Bernhard

May God save any country to remain in a position to choose between a genius of bad character and a stupid of good character, because both will bring disaster to that country! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Early moralists who believed that taking too much pleasure at the table led inexorably to bad character-or worse, to sex-were (in the best-case scenario, anyway) absolutely right. ~ Anthony Bourdain

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Incomplete actions give birth to excuses. Excuses give birth to lies.
Repeated lies give birth to a bad character. ~ Sirshree

Reputation is seeming; character is being. Reputation is manufactured; character is grown. Reputation is your photograph; There is a vast difference between character and reputation. Reputation is what men think we are; character is what God knows us to be. Reputation is seeming; character is being. Reputation is the breath of men; character is the inbreathing of the eternal God. One may for a time have a good reputation and a bad character, or the reverse ; but not for long. ~ Robert Stuart MacArthur

When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatise those who let people die, not those who struggle to live. ~ Sarah Kendzior

How intoxicating to feel like God the Father and to hand out definitive testimonials of bad character and habits. ~ Albert Camus

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse. ~ Walter Annenberg

I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.' ~ Zlatan Ibrahimovic

When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character. ~ Ken Poirot

You have to be careful so you don't make your character dull and predictable. Sometimes you have to bend the script a little ... The bad guys are mostly the same on the paper ... A bad guy wouldn't think of himself as bad. ~ Michael Wincott

Good character keeps good brand safely. Bad character destroys hard earned brands. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say. ~ Kate Atkinson

Gomez is a by-the-book cop. He's the only character not to break bad. ~ Steven Michael Quezada

There are good characters and bad characters. ~ Matt Stone

To the conservative, immoral behavior is attributable to individual character, not to social causes: What is right and what is wrong are clear, and the question is whether you are morally strong enough to do what's right. It's a matter of character. Conservatives believe that if an extreme conservative commits a crime, say killing people, in the name of vigilante justice, then conservatism itself cannot be held to blame, nor can those who spew hate over the airwaves. The explanation instead is that that individual had a bad character, that is, a bad moral essence; either that or he was crazy, craziness being a different kind of moral essence. ~ George Lakoff

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad. ~ Plutarch

If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it. ~ Hunter Tylo

The second kind are invited by bad character, and the problems such a person has then cannot be put right until he puts himself right. It is not something a proud man can do, because proud men see no wrongness in themselves. ~ John C. Wright

A man of bad character punishes his own soul. ~ Al-Ghazali

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

With 6 children Darya Alexandrovna could not be calm. One got sick, another might get sick, a third lacked something, a fourth showed signs of bad character, and so on, and so on. Rarely, rarely would there be short periods of calm but these troubles and anxieties were for Darya Alexandroyna the only possible happiness. Had it not been for them, she would have remained alone with her thoughts of her husband, who did not love her. But besides that, however painful the mother's fear of illnesses, the illnesses themselves, and the distress at seeing signs of bad inclinations in her children, the children themselves repaid her griefs with small joys. These joys were so small that they could not be seen, like gold in the sand, and in her bad moments she saw only griefs, only sand; but there were also good moments, when she saw only joys, only gold.
Now, in her country solitude, she was more aware of these joys. Often, looking at them, she made every possible effort to convince herself that she was mistaken, that as a mother she was partial to her children; all the same, she could not but tell herself that she had lovely children, all 6 of them, each in a different way, but such as rarely happens - and she was happy in them in them and proud of them. ~ Leo Tolstoy

Babies are born with neither good nor bad character. Normal people - as they grow, learn and are trained - develop better or worse dispositions and habits of conduct. ~ Edwin J. Delattre

There is the moral spectrum in 'Fargo,' and you see it in other Coen brothers movies, where you have a very good character on one end and a very bad character on the other. ~ Noah Hawley

I don't know if I am cut out to playing a bad character or not - I really should give it a shot. I would like to play the voice of a baddie, but that's really just a cop-out! ~ Lindsay Lohan

There is no difference between the person who wishes he can change his bad character and did not and the person who never wished for it. Wishes alone don't change the world! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

If you see a group of people struggling over generations and you attribute those struggles to bad character, then you do not truly believe we are all created equally. ~ Jonathan R. Miller

The thing that distinguishes permanent poverty is bad character. ~ James Cook

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's character cements his fate, good or bad. ~ Sonny Barger

A man with a bad character is liable to be blamed for any misdeed which may be done; while a person who is not open to suspicion may commit depredation without challenge. ~ Alexander Hislop

You never want to play too vampiric or generically evil, so you look for emotions or character traits that you can relate to. ~ Joseph Morgan

Those who hate lawyers, have either hired the wrong one and lost, represented themselves and lost, or had such a bad case that no lawyer could win it. ~ Robert Black

I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death, which I thought was exploitative. ~ Margot Kidder

I'm happy when people come up and say how they feel about what your character went through, you know, I went through and it's helping me deal with it. I get to see the movie through the audience's eyes and that's really gratifying. ~ Kimberly Elise

I was fascinated by information about the Earth's magnetic field in my geological studies, and started wondering what would happen if long-overdue changes in geomagnetism manifested in modern times. I decided, working with my wife Tiane, to take these ideas further by adding a dash of adventure and dramatic twists and turns exploring how different types of people, good and bad, might react. ~ J. Barry Reid

I guess none of the sides of my hyphen are particularly subtle cultures. But perhaps there is also a sense that these characters are all parentless - every character in this book is feral in some way - without any guidance in their upbringing. They find no choice but to seek refuge in extreme behaviors. ~ Porochista Khakpour

The truth is, no matter how trying they become, babies two and under don't have the ability to make moral choices, so they can't be bad. That category only exists in the adult mind. ~ Anne Cassidy

Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams. ~ Tim Walberg

As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later. ~ Thomas Sadoski

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people. ~ Ethel Wilson

It begins with the kind of story the writers want to tell. We never sit around in those retreats and say, 'We really need to make a change. Let's change this character.' Or throw a dart at the wall and see what hits. It all begins with story. ~ Jason Aaron

The custom of prefixing or appending to historical narratives an estimate of the character and personality of the principal agent is of doubtful advantage at the best of times - it either imparts a specious unity to the action or permits apology or condemnation on moral and emotional grounds. ~ Ronald Syme

Her father would have said the shadows were about their own business tonight. Something bad was going to happen here. ~ Leigh Bardugo

You got no fuckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you. ~ Annie Proulx

The dramatic arises out of the margin of opaqueness between a writer and his personages, out of the potential for the unexpected. In the full dramatic character lurks the unforeseen possibility, the gift of disorder. ~ George Steiner

The only way to drive out bad culture is to create good culture. We need to recognize that artistic talent is a gift from the Lord - and that developing those talents is the only way to create good culture. ~ C.S. Lewis

Another term for balloon is bad breath holder. ~ Demetri Martin

Anais: 'I made a note to ask you why I am obsessed with a few persons only. Why are my devotions so concentrated on a few people? I do not spread out as Henry does.' Dr. Allendy: 'Yes, exactly, it is a bad sign. You do not really confide in many people, then they do not know you, and then you quickly surmise they do not understand and love you. On the few people you feel connected with, you pour a lavish devotion. This must cease. In love, too, one must relinquish to really love. You cannot admit rivalry. The more broadly and expansively you love, without exclusiveness, the more you reach the mystic whole, the larger sense of love, the less individualistic, the more universal love. ~ Anais Nin

He faces the burdens of belittlement a third time as he grows older, and settles into an existence that he has embraced, or that has been forced upon him. A carapace of routine, of compromise, of silent surrenders, of half-term solutions, and of diminished consciousness begins to form around him. He turns himself over to the rigidified version of the self: the character. He begins to die small deaths, many times over. He fails to die only once, which is what he would desire if he were able fully to recognize the value of life. This third encounter with belittlement reveals belittlement for what it in fact is: death by installments. ~ Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records. ~ Richard Hawley

When you're telling a story, the best stories, every character has an arc. Every one. And that arc is usually about finding yourself, or about at least finding something about yourself that you didn't know. ~ Roy Conli

The only thing he ought to consider, if he does anything, is whether he does right or wrong, whether it is what a good man does or a bad man ~ Plato

Look, lady I only speak two languages: English and Bad English! ~ Bruce Willis

It's not such a bad thing. Change isn't always for the best. ~ Nicholas Sparks

We give each other a wide berth even if we have the flu, let alone ... So, I think that's part of the stigma that people who have diseases suffer. It's almost infectious ... if somebody is closer to death, they're almost a bad omen and I think that's terrible. ~ Peter Morgan

Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea. ~ John Christopher

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all. ~ Rowan Atkinson

I'm bad at returning phone calls. ~ Zac Efron

Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. ~ Pliny The Younger

OK, some people might think he's a degenerate, troublesome, drug dealing, coke dependant, alcoholic, but that doesn't make him a bad person. ~ Peter L Masters

I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. ~ Michelle Dockery

I love finding the vulnerability in characters. There's truth there. There's beauty in vulnerability. ~ Juan Pablo Di Pace

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it. ~ Harvey MacKay

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Theodore Roosevelt ~ Douglas L. Smith

Not to be rude, but it was all pointless," I noted from across the room. Four eyes narrowed at me. "What? I said 'not to be rude'. That's like saying 'God bless them' right after you say bad things about someone. It means it doesn't count! ~ Molly Harper

Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return. ~ Lewis H. Lapham

I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their innocence in order to defend them. ~ Rachel Weisz

I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I'm bad, I stink. There's something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I'm good. I'm not all that good. ~ Steve McQueen

I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story. An interesting dynamic between people. A theme. A great character back story. A cool occupation. The look of someone's eyes. A burning ambition. Hundreds of thousands of bits of flotsam and jetsam that we stick in the back of our minds like the shelves full of buttons and ribbons and fabrics and threads and beads in a costumer's shop. ~ Alexandra Sokoloff

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me. ~ Lance Armstrong

Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design. ~ Sergio Aragones

It's always a disappointing business confronting my own reflection. My body isn't bad. It's a perfectly nice, serviceable body. It's just that the external me- the study, lightly wrinkled, handbagged me- does so little credit to the stuff that's inside. ~ Zoe Heller

I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice. ~ Brion James

To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character. ~ Kelli O'Hara