Quotes About Ethics

A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.

Man, what kind of a fucked-up world is this? You should have to be a lot more than decent to be a kid's hero.

As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily with Christians enamored of the Old Testament phrase "Spare the rod and spoil the child." No matter how far I stretch my imagination, it does not stretch far enough to include the image of a cool dude like Jesus taking a rod to a kid.

regard as nothing place and office, when either is to be attained or held at the sacrifice of honor.

Like I said, some guys have a code they live by, some guys don't. John Ceepack? He has a code. Me? I'm working on it.

We are merry people," added Hercules. "We rob from the rich and pour it on the floor." "No," said Robin. "We rob from the rich and give to the poor." Hercules nodded. "Right. Got it. Sorry.

Riley had a strict ethical code for his team's operations, too. They would never execute a caper that was just plain wrong. For instance, on Monday, an eighth grader named Steve Duffy had come to Riley's office in the media center, begging for help.

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.

Later he insisted that "nudity was never a big thing in my movies. When my characters took off their clothes, you wanted them to put them back on.

all leadership begins with self-leadership.

Mientras Maquiavelo veía el mundo poblado por embaucadores, miedosos y desagradecidos, los jesuitas lo veían a través de un lente muy distinto: veían a cada persona como un ser dotado de singular talento y dignidad.

He was experienced enough to spot the downside of doing the right thing.

My priority is to see that some people don't suffer for the good of others.

I don't follow God's commandments; I follow Satan's commandments.

If you think about it even medium-hard, launching a scared little dog into space with no intention of getting it back is a seriously fucked thing to do.

Elected officials laugh when a butcher, presented with a pig, wastes the squeal.

Marshall identified the key message in these wildlife shows as being that "animals are vicious, so humans are justified in using any means to subdue them.

as author and scientist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe wrote in his 2010 book Second Nature, animals' thoughts and feelings are far more complex than humans previously imagined. "Animals are conscious beings with feelings," Balcombe noted, "yet our treatment of them remains medieval.

Audubon and NWF CEOs would send out during the week fundraising letters protesting the killing of a particular species of animal and then spend the weekend killing ducks or other animals for fun and recreation. For example, former NWF

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

Everyone has favorite criminals. Mine are pimps. We can all rob a bank; we can all sell drugs. Being a pimp is a whole other thing.

Only a woman can make you feel wrong for doing something right.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?