Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.

  

  Harold Bloom
  • Think
  • You
  • Learned

• What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • Character
  • Parents
  • Stuff

• I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Home
  • Character
  • Me

• I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.

  

  Finn Jones
  • Character
  • Feeling
  • Story

• I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.

  

  Vicky McClure
  • Done
  • Character
  • Past

• I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Character
  • Strong
  • Loved

• Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Work
  • Character
  • Loyalty

• The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Science

• One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough?

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Character
  • Giving
  • Yourself

• I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Character

• On the landscape crew, I learned a lot from the other workers. We treated everybody equally, and we worked hard.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Learned
  • Landscape
  • Workers

• Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Life
  • Art
  • Science

• I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about, how they work. When the main character is a cop or a spy, it's very exciting, but I also very much enjoy when the main characters are nobodies - a trucker.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Work
  • Character
  • Enjoy

• I got into one of the schools I applied to because of the essay I wrote about Holly Hunter's character in 'Broadcast News.' She's the only female producer on this news network, and she's really good at her job, but she allots time in her day to just sit at her desk and cry. And then she's just back to work. I find that really effective.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Time
  • Work
  • Character

• Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Life
  • Up
  • Character

• I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.

  

  Adam Pally
  • Character
  • Think
  • Gay

• I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Beauty
  • Acting
  • Learned

• If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Why
  • Character
  • Bad

• High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • World
  • High
  • Fashion

• I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

  

  Christopher Plummer

• There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.

  

  Pythagoras
  • Action
  • Word
  • Eternity

• I think most character people that you talk to, it's like, whatever they offer us, we are thrilled to do. I won't do anything that's immoral or illicit. I did turn down eating a dead body once. I turned down a few really creepy horror movies. For the most part, I can usually find a way into whatever character.

  

  Beth Grant
  • People
  • Character
  • Creepy

• Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Mind
  • Nature
  • Peace

• Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can we so closely approach pure contemplation and thought, so closely observe the errors of the senses and of the understanding, the weak and strong points of character.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Character
  • Science
  • Learned