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Quotes About Ethics

You have to stand for something, otherwise you'll spend your whole life on your butt." —Isaiah
~ James Patterson
Try not to become a person of success but rather try to become a person of value.
~ James Patterson
Hollis asked me, "How'd the meeting with the editor at the Daily News go?" "About like you'd expect. It's very clear to me that they're only interested in the number of papers they sell or clicks the story gets online, not in helping out our homicide investigation. I swear, sometimes it feels like there are some awfully bloodthirsty people in the media who want more murders so they can have juicier stories that sell more papers.
~ James Patterson
if a cop mom does the same, then whoa, there's something seriously wrong here.
~ James Patterson
There's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to act for the greater good.
~ James Patterson
I don't think people realize the fight that goes on in nurses' hearts--- sticking to a hospital's legal policy versus acting on humanitarian impulses.
~ James Patterson
I promised I'd help Stefan. And in this life, a man is only as good as his word.
~ James Patterson
Because there's a big hole in their brains where most people have a conscience.
~ James Patterson
It is said that politics is the second-oldest profession in the world but that it bears a close resemblance to the oldest," said
~ James Patterson
If you want to test a man's character, give him power."–traditionally attributed to President Abraham Lincoln
~ James Patterson
We don't need Fuck Buddies Incorporated taking this over and cutting us out.
~ James Patterson
in the diary, the lesson of the five balls: work, family, health, friends, and integrity
~ James Patterson
There has to be some form of punishment [for women who have abortions].…You'll go back to a position like they had where people will perhaps go to illegal places, but you have to ban it."—interview on MSNBC, March 30, 2016
~ James Patterson
DT—three hours later] "The doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim in this case as is the life in her womb."—donaldjtrump.com, March 30, 2016
~ James Patterson
And oddly enough, some of the stuff he said about technology I think is actually true. These military robots they're starting to build really are scary. "And this self-driving smartcar idea? Maybe it'll make some things cheaper, but won't it also put every truck driver and cabbie and FedEx and UPS worker in the world out of work? For what? So college kids can drink and drive safely? That you can do something amazing is amazing, but when is it too much?
~ James Patterson
Unfortunately, some politicians think they are immune from allegations of ethics abuse.
~ Bob Beckel
And that's why, you know, it's players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.
~ Boomer Esiason
I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.
~ Judge Mills Lane
Unfortunately, fur is still flying off the racks. It's a billion dollar industry.
~ Jane Velez-Mitchell
Unfortunately, a human being is able to comprehend only that amount of evil which he is able to commit himself.
~ Joseph Brodsky
Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
~ Larry Wilmore
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
~ Democritus
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.
~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
~ Samuel Johnson