Norman Lloyd Quotes

Beauty is less important than quality.

I certainly could've made a lot more money buying cheap ingredients, and people might not have been able to tell the difference. That was never a part of the calculus. It was not part of my DNA.

Popularity is not an indication of quality.

Virtue is not photogenic.

It's better to be a good person than a famous person.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

The world will try to make you think that being good is outdated and old-fashioned and that popularity comes from breaking the rules and lowering your standards. Don't buy into that way of thinking. As you watch TV or read magazines, you might be made to feel abnormal when, really, you are the one who has it figured out.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

We believe that talented people with bad values can do far more damage than virtuous people with lesser talents.

Stardom should be a discovery. You don't hammer it onto people's heads. You don't demand it. You command it.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be on posters. I want to be good.

I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.