Top 118 Likeable Quotes & Sayings

A person riding a unicycle on a tightrope doesn't worry about being likeable; they're doing something amazing that very few people can do.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

I try to make all of my roles likeable in some way.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

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

My theory of what makes people likeable stars is that they're likeable.

Don't go around asking the question, 'Is this character likeable?' and expect that to be compatible with serious literary endeavours. That's not what it's about.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Make sure your main characters are likeable. They can be flawed, but your readers need to be able to root for them.

Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter.

I've worked with Sourav and I enjoy his company. I found him to be likeable and a very nice fellow. It will be good to renew the acquaintance.

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.

Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.

It was great to have a Republican character as likeable as Alan Alda was in the West Wing. He was one Republican I would probably vote for; he was old school.

When you sign onto something, you want the character to be redeemable and likeable, hopefully, and understandable.

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when they say 'likable.'

Listen carefully, be transparent, be responsive, be authentic, tell great stories-the qualities that would make you the hotshot at a party-and they'll make your organization a likeable one on social networks.

I always felt weird. I don't feel particularly likeable.

It's so much easier to make a movie about someone who is so likeable that you just want to get out of the way.

People lie in everyday conversation to appear more likeable and competent. While men and women lie equally as often, they tend to lie for different reasons.

It's one thing to be this 'tough chick,' but you also have to be likeable.

Some are in it for the money, which is fine. Some of them are in it to be a movie star; that's another reason. Some actors - and this I never understand - will only play likeable characters. And if they're not likeable, they change them to be heroic.

I am remarkably likeable. Few people have ever been as likeable as I am. There is, frankly, no end to my likeability. People gather together in public assemblies to discuss how much they like me. I have several awards, and a small medal from a small country in South America which pays tribute both to how much I am liked and my general all around wonderfulness. I don't have it on me, of course. I keep my medals in my sock drawer.

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.

Being really likeable all the time is just not real life, so it's your duty to make a well-rounded character.

Why Nicolas Sarkozy is the head of France, [he is] warm and extremely likeable.

It really takes likeable superstars to get the attention of the masses.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

Preachers who talk about everything but the reality of Hell, are likeable betrayers of the Gospel.

Some people are inherently likeable. If you're not - work on it. It may even improve your social life.

Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.

If you think a candidate is electable and has the adeptness to be president, that's one thing. Elect him for these factors, not because he's likeable.

There's something really freeing about playing a character that isn't even, like, remotely likeable whatsoever.

Bunty is a piglet that comes up with a lot of funny antics. Dancing is among its strengths and I'm glad people are liking the music video where it grooves to popular Telugu songs. I have made the character very likeable.

As a young ma,n I was an absolute idiot. I think my exes would say I was a likeable baby. I had a teenager's bedroom when I was 32.

The Frenchman is first and foremost a man. He is likeable often just because of his weaknesses, which are always thoroughly human, even if despicable.

I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they don't care - in the sense that they know what they're doing. They have a skill.

It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and no innocence, nothing whatsoever that is likeable about her other than she's so bad.

I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity contest. That's not the writer's job.

I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.

Chocolate is one of those flavors that's very likeable, very loveable, very versatile.

The most interesting characters keep us hooked. Not likeable ones! Iago, Shylock, Darth Vader - are they likeable? Do you want to invite them to dinner?

My definition of likeable may be different from other people's. That's not traditional likeable. Sympathy is a different thing [to define it].

I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt it would be hard to dislike this man. I don't know why, but I'm sure other directors have felt the same when casting him. Oliver is goofy yet formidable, smart but likeable... I didn't want the character of Alex to be nasty or demonised. I wanted him to be struggling with his actions.

If I wasn't an actor? Hmm, I'd probably be a serial killer. I'm just so damn likeable, no one would ever suspect me.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.

Finding myself a nice and likeable character is a complete change.

That was the most important thing to me: making sure 'Gardner Elliot' was likeable and funny and interesting. I took my time before filming to chat with Peter, the director, to create this character.

Outside the ring, I'm not a mean guy. I'm a likeable guy. I'm reachable, to my people.

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

We only see female protagonists who are likeable, with one cute flaw, such as adorable clumsiness. I'm fed up with it.

You can't worry too much about what you think the audience wants to hear. You just have to hope that you're a likeable enough person that what you're saying will relate to other people, so they can laugh at it as well.

Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.

A party full of 'likeable' people doesn't bear contemplating.

I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something.

The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.

If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.