Top 161 Likable Quotes & Sayings

Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.

I’ve always sort of preferred people who are not entirely likable.

I don't trust people who are likable.

As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. Some people have easy temperaments and weak characters; others have difficult temperaments and strong characters. We are all prone to confuse the two in assessing people we associate with. Those with easy temperaments and weak characters are more likable than admirable; those with difficult temperaments and strong characters are more admirable than likable.

He's a normal, likable, straightforward boy. (on David Beckham)

It's not that you aren't likable. On the contrary. You are. It's just that one wonders if you haven't made a career out of being so likable.

So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in.

There are so many male antiheroes but not nearly as many female antiheroes.There's a lot of pressure on female characters to be likable. That puts a lot of pressure on women to be likable.

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

I wanted to bring likable Arabs into the average Israeli living room.

Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people 'cause I like them; I watch them because they’re compelling. Sympathetic is a little different... Likable just thins you out. Working to make a character likable is what kills most TV shows.

I really like Savannah Guthrie. I think that she is a very likable person.

It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

I'm a good actress. That's why you know me as likable.

Many people feel that if they're lonely, that means that they're not likable or that they're broken in some way.

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

Bill Maher does something amazing in Religulous. He makes Michael Moore look incredibly likable in comparison.

If you're likable, people will like you.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

Our biggest struggle as human beings is to project ourselves as something that society has deemed admirable or likable instead of being honest.

Novels are routinely denigrated when characters are not found to be likable. Is Raskolnikov likable? Is King Lear? The plethora of such naive readers testifies to a failure of imagination - the capacity to see into unfamiliar lives, motives, feelings - and this failure must, at least in part, be the failure of the teaching of literature in the schools.

Even in a crowded room, likable leaders make people feel like they're having a one-on-one conversation, as if they're the only person in the room that matters. And, for that moment, they are. Likable leaders communicate on a very personal, emotional level.

I've always liked TV shows that have slightly unlikable leads, where you root for them in spite of a lot of things. I know it's not common with shows with young people; they have to be so likable. But, I mean, teenagers just generally aren't very likable. I know I wasn't as a teenager.

When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people.

If you're a likable person and you're passionate, then people are drawn to that wherever you are in the world.

A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

Writers are only rarely likable.

The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive, and you're likable.

I'm an athlete, I'm funny, I'm creative, I can tell a story, I'm likable.

Branding is the art of becoming knowable, likable and trustable.

I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.

I'm not necessarily interested in telling the story of people who are super likable.

It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

People say 'Limmy's Show' is kind of hit or miss, but I'd rather that than having something generally likable.

I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

I was a fan of Charlie Sheen - he's an incredibly likable, affable guy - well, until he doesn't like you.

I may not be the most likable person in the world, but I try not to upset people.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

That occurs everywhere, unfortunately. Powerful, smart women who make it to the end sometimes are not seen as the same charismatic likable guys.

I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split; it's shredded.

There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.

A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.

I've got everything against likable characters. Likable characters are usually completely forgettable, and we don't really care. I think we love villains... precisely because they show us these disturbing complexities that I don't think nice characters do.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

I'll be able to pull off playing an unlikable character because inherently, I think I'm likable.

There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.

It is better to be likable than to be talented.

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.

If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.

Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive.

There's this thing in Hollywood about the sympathetic character and likability. I've never understood that because the people I love most in my life are not likable all the time. My wife is not always likable. I'm certainly not always likable. My dad is not always likable. We're human beings.

You're likable enough, Hillary.

The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.

I think what it's to do is to make Donald Trump more likable.

One of my favorite movies is Bette Davis in 'All About Eve,' and it is shocking there was no pressure on her to be likable.