Quotes of: Characteristic Keyword

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

Eleanor Catton

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.

Janet Malcolm

I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.

Julia Roberts

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

Jeremy Irons

The success of one market model cannot be migrated to another. Ignoring Macau's special characteristics and duplicating a Las Vegas or an Atlantic City would not be a successful strategy.

Stanley Ho

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

The Republic

How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive.

Stranger in a Strange Land

I. All the distinctive characteristics of personality are ascribed to the Holy Spirit in the Bible.

The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit

One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book.

Phil Foglio

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages.

Stephen Gardiner

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

Satchel Paige

Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.

Todd English

Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.

Thomas Nagel

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.

Li Peng

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

Michael Chang

True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.

Malcolm X

The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.

Orson Pratt

What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking. These skills have become first among equals in a whole range of business fields.

Daniel H. Pink

My father, an entrepreneur but hardly a technologist, was looking to buy a computer to 'automate' our family business. In 1981, he characteristically dove head first into computing and bought an Osborne I.

Steven Sinofsky

I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.

Gail Sheehy