- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personality Quotes
What makes someone unmistakably themselves.
These personality quotes range from a public figure reflecting on why he's comfortable speaking before Congress, to actors who accept that certain traits will always come through on screen whether they intend it or not. A couple of entries push back on the very idea of having a public personality at all. See Character for a closely related theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stayed out of the sun when I was young, not because I knew better, but because I'm a Type A personality who gets too restless to lay around and do nothing.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.
- Newspaper
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between a reporter, a newspaper columnist, a paid speaker, a television personality, a radio talk show host, a blogger, a movie producer, a publicist, and a political strategist, is growing less - and not more - distinct.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020
A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.
- Nov 07, 2020
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
- Dearth
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustn't be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.
- Get A Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an appearance on a new TV show called 'Bar Karma' on Current TV. I had the most fun ever making this episode. I play someone with a multiple personality, and I think my fans will be surprised and get a real giggle out of it. It's a new model for TV in that it is interactive with the community.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly never considered myself an actor. An actor would be someone like Paul Muni or Spencer Tracy. I was more of a personality.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive.
- Business Leaders
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't play video games because I have that addictive personality. If I started playing video games I wouldn't stop.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020