Henry Van Dyke Quotes

Children are short people. Some you like, some you don't.

A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind.

I'm very interested in what makes people tick; people are so weird and complicated.

The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

I'm obviously not going to give you everything about my whole life, but as far as my personality, you see me all the time from watching the games.

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

I have two little kids, and they both came out completely different, with their own personalities.

Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.

Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.

You've got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what they're like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going.

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

People are very complex. And for a psychologist, you get fascinated by the complexity of human beings, and that is what I have lived with, you know, in my career all of my life, is the complexity of human beings.

I have a natural curiosity for people.

There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection of their ethics and personality. It just makes them a more rounded person.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

It is a very wise rule … to acquire early a correct notion of your own peculiar constitution of mind, and to become well acquainted with … your idiosyncrasy

I just like working with people that I respect and think are really funny.

People read way too much into personalities and all that stuff.

The properties of people and the properties of character have almost nothing to do with each other. They really don't. I know it seems like they do because we look alike, but people don't speak in dialogue. Their lives don't unfold in a series of scenes that form a narrative arc.

Routines, or lack thereof, are a pretty good way to get to know someone.