Characteristic Traits Quotes

The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.

Lavater told Goethe that on a certain occasion when he held the velvet bag in the church as collector of the offerings, he tried to observe only the hands; and he satisfied himself that in every individual the shape of the hand and of the fingers, the action and sentiment in dropping the gift into the bag, were distinctly different and individually characteristic.

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.

You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.

Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.

When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick.

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot.

The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.

Furthermore, it is significant that the marked characteristics of this race are being here emphasized most.