Quotes About Ethics

It has always been possible to say The moral emptiness of today's world is appalling.

What seems to be unspeakable weakness can sometimes be just distaste for the generally accepted morality.

MORAL AMBIGUITIES constitute a fairly stable system of equilibrium

Toujours la générosité s'oppose au mouvement de l'avarice, comme au calcul raisonné la passion.

Morals and medicine warred within his breast, and medicine won the day- but I dare say morals may give him a sleepless night.

God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.

Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice.

I should like to strangle the abominable creature!' 'Unfortunately, the laws of this lands preclude your pursuing that admirable course.

Really, I don't know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows!

I am sure I do not know why a man should not be a gamester, if his talents make it an eligible profession for him!

Italian reporters uncovered evidence that the Vatican had invested in Istituto Farmacologico Serono, a pharmaceutical company that made birth control pills, as well as Udine, a military weapons manufacturer (there were also unconfirmed newspaper reports of church money in gunmaker Beretta, a Monte Carlo casino, and a printing firm that published pornographic magazines).

Power can be safely exercised only in the service of that which is ostensibly good. Power is like gasoline. Spread aimlessly over the landscape, it can result in an inferno, causing untold harm. Correctly contained, it can cook supper or transport us to Boston.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

There is a lot of work out there to take people out of the loop in things like medical diagnosis. But if you are taking humans out of the loop, you are in danger of ending up with a very cold form of AI that really has no sense of human interest, human emotions, or human values.

The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to abortion, gambling, and homosexuality.

There is no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about my country, that I worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate.

I always felt that if I did the right thing, that if I trained hard and worked hard, I'd be rewarded somehow.

When you steal from somebody, you are saying to them, 'I don't respect how hard you worked for your money.' When somebody steals from you, that's what they're saying.

Again, like I said, I went out to play the game of baseball because I love to play it. I did it right. I did it the right way. I worked hard doing it.

I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that people didn't like and - and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives.

I've worked with people and I've known people that were really competitive, but I've always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job, but if it means hurting someone, I won't do it.

If you look at the publishers I've worked with, generally, they're a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I've worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.

From when we were about seven we worked in our family store during the holidays. My father said it was important that we know where our money came from.

I just had such a lucky experience working with incredible actors, getting to see their work ethics, their different techniques... Jeff Bridges is such a legend! Getting to watch him and see how he worked was a blessing.