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Quotes About Principles

I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. In truth, I've never even considered it. I've assumed, of course, that people do such things.
~ David Chang
I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.
~ Jill Abramson
I'm consistently pro-freedom. No matter where I go, whether it's Fox or when I'm walking around the block or going to the dog park, I will agree with people on pretty much half of everything. Freedom is something I believe in across the board, and I will fight for that.
~ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.
~ Ron Paul
I have passed on a lot of things that would have been extremely lucrative, because they were nothing else.
~ Patty Jenkins
Trade is also a risky business. As the growth of trade transformed the principles of gambling into the creation of wealth, the inevitable result was capitalism, the epitome of risk-taking.
~ Peter L. Bernstein
Unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
~ Peter Marshall
Principles and Practices The discovery of planful behavior in animals, robots, people, and organizations reveals that planning is a big, messy subject. As we shift from introductory definitions into the book's core practical chapters, we'll focus on planning for people. The aim is to help individuals and teams get better at the design of paths and goals. The plan is to build understanding, skills, and literacy by studying four principles and six practices.
~ Peter Morville
The Four Principles of Biblical Sabbath
~ Peter Scazzero
There are several major improvisation principles. One is that you should "accept every offer.
~ Peter Sims
The integrity of the game is everything.
~ Peter Ueberroth
I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless.
~ Peter Walker
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores."
~ Petrarch
Am prea pu?in? via?? ca s?-mi pot îng?dui a o mânji prin compromisuri...
~ Petru Dumitriu
Modern ilmin ?üpheci ve kontrolcü zekas?, inanmad?klar?ndan evvel ?imdiye kadar inand?klar?ndan ?üphe etseydi, yirmi senede bir bilgisinin prensiplerini altüst eden ink?laplar kar??s?nda ?a??rmazd?.
~ Peyami Safa
Straight edge means I'm drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.
~ Phil Brooks
Is this one of those situations that involves "ethics"? 'Cause I'm a cat , you know. I've never been very good at those.
~ Phil Foglio
Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous.
~ Philip E. Tetlock
Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.
~ Philip Graham Ryken
For those who have not yet grasped the Way but are seeking the Way, I say: Emptiness, single-mindedness, and stillness—make these be your principles. If
~ Philip J. Ivanhoe
Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the "reasonable person" standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detailed rule, on the other hand, will almost always favor one group over another. p. 34
~ Philip K. Howard
The U.S. Constitution is considered by Americans to embody the principles of a higher law, to constitute "in fact imperfect man's most perfect rendering of what Blackstone saluted as 'the eternal immutable laws of good and evil, to which the
~ Philip Norton
To be a hero is honourable; not to be one is not necessarily dishonourable.
~ Philippe Burrin
Things do not have to last forever to be good, and when they end, it is not always proof that one's principles were wrong.
~ Phyllis Chesler