Stoic Quotes

I think the biggest challenge with Brutus is that he is called a stoic, so he`s very internal and the mind is constantly going. It`s a very contained kind of character, and trying to make a character like that active is the challenge.

Epictetus was a peasant child born about 50 A.D. who grew up to be a well-known Stoic philosopher, ... In modern buzz-word speak, he was the inventor of `What people think of me is none of my business.` So I got really hooked on him.

At the least, most will tear up, even the most stoic. You know, a lot of times they`ve had these dogs and cats into their teenage years from when they were babies.

I had a crush on him (Johnny Galecki) when we first met. But it became just a really close friendship. He has a stoic quality. Whenever I`m upset about something, he`s the first person I talk to.

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.