Quotes About Ethos

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

Like an earthen pot, a bad man is easily broken, and cannot readily be restored to his former situation; but a virtuous man, like a vase of gold, is broken with difficulty, and easily repaired.

Fire fast: Fire people who do not fit into the culture of your company and who are negative.

I have been described by one of my colleagues as a 'militant agnostic' with my tagline, 'I don't know, and neither do you!' I take this hard-line, fence-sitting position because it is the only position consistent with both my scientific ethos and my conscience.

For one thing, Greenlight only hires nice people. By that, I don't mean that we avoid hiring jerks. I mean we actively look to hire people who are nice.

What matters more is what The Phantom Menace has come to represent: the saddest repudiation—and the harshest confirmation—of the entire Generation X ethos. The pop culture lionized by young adults of the nineties was often based on a myth: the dogmatic belief that things they'd loved as children had always been appreciated with adult minds.

There are three facts about Fugazi you must know: It only plays shows where age IDs are not required. It charges $5 admission to its shows, always. It will never, ever sign with a major record label.

The behavior of a business's leaders is, ultimately, the behavior of the organization. As such, it's the foundation of the culture.

In fact, there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.

all of them, no matter how many times they won, carried around one commandment: 'I am in a huge club even in the hard times. I try not to betray the club's principles nor the idea of team play nor the legacy of my predecessors.

Death, like virtue, has its degrees.

When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.

The Internet ethos of diversity and competition runs exactly counter to uniform, gatekeeper-oriented medical culture - the technocratic philosophy of the 'one best way' embodied in our pharmaceutical regulations. On the Net, medical information is abundant, and pharmacies, domestic and foreign, operate on many different models.

We have a unique culture.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

For me, I like to look presentable when I'm outside. I'm not going to come to the office with nasty hair and pajamas just because I stayed up all night - that's just who I am.

I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes.

In 'Krishna,' the movements mostly stem from traditional dances of diverse cultures but there is some use of multimedia that completes the production and nudges the audience into the right ethos.

Furthermore, the managerial ethos of parliamentary reformism is in direct tension with important values associated with the dialogue that attends our system of checks and balances. The term "parliamentary reform" should not be allowed to cloud the fact that the critics advance a highly pro-executive position that would seek a strong government primarily by undercutting the independence of Congress.

Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.