Quotes About Integrity

The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.

Never, ever think that people will do something just because it is the "right" thing to do.

Could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed?

maestros, criminales y agentes inmobiliarios pueden mentir, y también los políticos, e incluso los analistas de la CIA. Pero los números no.

Human beings aren't the most candid animals on the planet. We'll often say one thing and do another—or, more precisely, we'll say what we think other people want to hear and then, in private, do what we want.

A person who is lying or cheating will often respond to an incentive differently than an honest person.

cuando la pose moral se ve sustituida por una valoración sincera, con frecuencia el resultado es una revelación nueva y sorprendente.

Or, as W. C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

So if sumo wrestlers, schoolteachers, and day-care parents all cheat, are we to assume

Los medios de comunicación necesitan a los expertos tanto como los expertos a los medios.

W. C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

When people, especially politicians, start making decisions based on a reading of their moral compass, facts tend to be among the first casualties.

teachers and criminals and real-estate agents may lie, and politicians, and even C.I.A. analysts. But numbers don't.

If there is one thing we've learned from a lifetime of designing and analyzing incentives, the best way to get what you want is to treat other people with decency.

Each of us develops a moral compass (some stronger than others, to be sure) as we make our way through the world. This is for the most part a wonderful thing. Who wants to live in a world where people run around with no regard for the difference between right and wrong?

Every time we pretend to know something, we are doing the same: protecting our own reputation rather than promoting the collective good. None of us want to look stupid, or at least overmatched, by admitting we don't know an answer. The incentives to fake it are simply too strong.

Whatever the incentive, whatever the situation, dishonest people will try to gain an advantage by whatever means necessary. Or

The best way to get what you want is to treat other people with decency.

Lo que realmente importa para un candidato político no es cuánto gasta, sino quién es.

finding a few bad apples out of millions would be difficult. Our odds would improve if we could somehow trick the bad apples into revealing themselves.

Ante cualquier incentivo, cualquier situación, la gente deshonesta tratará de obtener un beneficio sin importar los medios a emplear.

Whatever the incentive, whatever the situation,dishonest people will try to gain an advantage by whatever means necessary.

There is no greater abuse of the Bible than to proclaim in God's name what God is not saying.

Do I agree that with privilege comes responsibility? The answer is no. I believe that responsibilities arise when one undertakes them voluntarily. I also believe that in the absence of explicit contracts, people who lecture other people on their responsibilities are almost always up to no good.