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Personality Quotes by Famous Authors
1.
“We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we’re barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities.”
Ivan Turgenev
Identity
,
Russia
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Growth
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Personality
,
Culture
2.
“I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.”
Ivan Turgenev
Love
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Personality
,
Growth
,
Fulfillment
,
Emotion
3.
“I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia’s neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today’s bland daytime soaps.”
Camille Paglia
Personality
,
Society
,
Entertainment
,
Media
,
Culture
4.
“Very gifted people may be sociopathic in varying degrees.”
Camille Paglia
Psychology
,
Gifts
,
Behavior
,
Sociopathy
,
Personality
5.
“I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
,
Admiration
,
Leadership
,
Personality
,
Strength
6.
“Personality maintains its discreetness by an act of will. Otherwise one person will flow helplessly into another.”
Camille Paglia
Personality
,
Will
,
Boundaries
,
Identity
,
Relationships
7.
“I am a very reclusive, private person.”
Camille Paglia
Reclusive
,
Privacy
,
Solitude
,
Personality
,
Introversion
8.
“Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest.”
Camille Paglia
Cats
,
Self-interest
,
Animals
,
Power
,
Personality
9.
“Steve Jobs proves that it’s OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS.”
Guy Kawasaki
Steve Jobs
,
Leadership
,
Personality
,
Technology
,
Success
10.
“A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.”
Guy Kawasaki
Likability
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Communication
,
Leadership
,
Personality
,
Success
11.
“Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.”
Guy Kawasaki
Passion
,
Personality
,
Success
,
Influence
,
Attraction
12.
“I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices – made up of likings and dislikings.”
Charles Lamb
Prejudices
,
Personality
,
Bias
,
Opinions
,
Identity
13.
“When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, ‘Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.’”
Steven Wright
Childhood
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Humor
,
Reflection
,
Comedy
,
Personality
14.
“My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I’m much more expressive off stage.”
Steven Wright
Comedy
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Act
,
Expression
,
Performance
,
Personality
15.
“I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it’s like a circus in my head.”
Steven Wright
Personality
,
Thinking
,
Chaos
,
Humor
,
Perception
16.
“I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.”
Steven Wright
Humor
,
Personality
,
Friendship
,
Introvert
,
Attention
17.
“Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.”
V.S. Naipaul
Conversation
,
Personality
,
Social Interaction
,
Depth
,
Attention
18.
“In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.”
V.S. Naipaul
Reputation
,
Personality
,
Perception
,
Identity
,
Experience
19.
“I’m not a clone of anybody. I’m Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.”
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Individuality
,
Identity
,
Confidence
,
Uniqueness
,
Personality
20.
“There are two types of people in the world, my young friend. One type is people-oriented. When they make conversation, it is about people – what people are doing, what someone said, how someone feels. The other group is idea-oriented. When they make conversation, they talk about ideas and concepts and objects.”
Scott Adams
People
,
Mindset
,
Communication
,
Personality
,
Perspective
21.
“You should also try to figure out which people are thing people and which ones are people people.”
Scott Adams
People
,
Personality
,
Relationships
,
Understanding
,
Observation
22.
“I've always been into self-dramatization. I intend to live forever.”
Leonard Cohen
Dramatization
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Life
,
Forever
,
Personality
,
Expression
23.
“Obviously, I’ve made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that’s the way I always was.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Personality
,
Authenticity
,
Boldness
,
Confidence
,
Expression
24.
“I like the color red because it’s a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Passion
,
Energy
,
Drive
,
Motivation
,
Personality
25.
“I will not change. Because if you are successful and you change, you are an idiot.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Success
,
Integrity
,
Personality
,
Confidence
,
Mindset
26.
“If I see a girl with big tits, I’m going to stare and stare. And I’m going to think in my mind what I am going to do with her if I would have her.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Controversy
,
Humor
,
Perspective
,
Personality
,
Perception
27.
“I am not a politician, and my other habits are also good.”
Anton Chekhov
Politics
,
Habits
,
Personality
,
Integrity
,
Perspective
28.
“He told lies with the same relish with which he ate herring and drank.”
Anton Chekhov
Lies
,
Deception
,
Habit
,
Behavior
,
Personality
29.
“I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.”
Anton Chekhov
Detachment
,
Practicality
,
Reflection
,
Personality
,
Isolation
30.
“There are no small number of people in this world who, solitary by nature, always try to go back into their shell like a hermit crab or a snail.”
Anton Chekhov
Solitude
,
Isolation
,
Nature
,
Personality
,
Retreat
31.
“Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.”
Chanakya
Character
,
Virtue
,
Nature
,
Personality
,
Ethics
32.
“An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Image
,
Branding
,
Personality
,
Marketing
,
Influence
33.
“Charm is a product of the unexpected.”
Stendhal
Charm
,
Surprise
,
Attraction
,
Personality
,
Spontaneity
34.
“That’s the secret: be interesting. If you can’t be interesting, shut up. There’s nothing wrong with silence.”
Earl Nightingale
Communication
,
Interest
,
Personality
,
Conversation
,
Wisdom
35.
“Acquaintances were willing to enter into the warmest of friendships and share my problems as though they were relatives. It was all very flattering, but my nature does not respond to such intimacy. I like friends as I like music – when I am in the mood. Such freedom, however, was at the price of occasional loneliness.”
Charlie Chaplin
Friendship
,
Solitude
,
Personality
,
Freedom
,
Reflection
36.
“I don’t need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.”
Charlie Chaplin
Confidence
,
Filmmaking
,
Individuality
,
Art
,
Personality
37.
“A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.”
Charlie Chaplin
Character
,
Truth
,
Behavior
,
Honesty
,
Personality
38.
“Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Goodness
,
Character
,
Virtue
,
Personality
,
Value
39.
“Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Human Nature
,
Personality
,
Inner Self
,
Psychology
,
Self-Discovery
40.
“Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Humor
,
Personality
,
Joy
,
Social Interaction
,
Emotion
41.
“None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Speech
,
Silence
,
Words
,
Personality
,
Expression
42.
“What you consider to be your personality – the bundle of traits and tendencies that you are – is because of information you have gathered unconsciously. These tendencies have been traditionally described as vasanas. The word “vasana” literally means “smell.” Depending upon what type of garbage is in the bin today, that is the kind of smell that will emanate from it. Depending upon what type of smell you emit, you attract certain kinds of life situations to yourself.”
Sadhguru
Personality
,
Tendencies
,
Karma
,
Vasanas
,
Self-awareness
43.
“As long as the personality is important, it simply means the previous moment is important. This present moment is not important, because the personality belongs to the past.”
Sadhguru
Personality
,
Past
,
Present
,
Awareness
,
Ego
44.
“Your five senses are collecting data from the outside world every moment of your life. You are literally being bombarded with stimuli at every instant. Over time, this enormous volume of sense impressions begins to assume a certain distinctive pattern within you. This pattern slowly shapes itself into behavioral tendencies. A cluster of tendencies hardens over time into what you call your personality, or what you claim to be your true nature.”
Sadhguru
Perception
,
Senses
,
Personality
,
Behavior
,
Mind
45.
“Auntie had a tongue like hungry scissors eating silk cloth.”
Amy Tan
Metaphor
,
Language
,
Personality
,
Expression
,
Imagery
46.
“They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.”
Amy Tan
Independence
,
Thinking
,
Strength
,
Identity
,
Personality
47.
“Information defines your personality, your memories, your skills.”
Ray Kurzweil
Information
,
Personality
,
Memory
,
Skills
,
Identity
48.
“Martha was a clever girl, and therefore not a believer.”
Julian Barnes
Intelligence
,
Belief
,
Faith
,
Skepticism
,
Personality
49.
“There is no index of character so sure as the voice.”
Benjamin Disraeli
Character
,
Voice
,
Personality
,
Identity
,
Perception
50.
“A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.”
Benjamin Disraeli
Destiny
,
Free Will
,
Philosophy
,
Belief
,
Personality
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