Quotes About Ethics

Sometimes, Gerald, people break the law so clearly you can hear it crack like a tree branch snapped in two. But other times, like a baker twisting a roll of dough into a pretzel, you only bend the law. You don't tear it. You don't break it. You end up with something better than the ingredients you started with. And the final result is beautiful to behold.

Right. Bribes aren't deductible.

These days, I try to act with integrity, but I'm a trial lawyer, damn it. In the legal system, not everything is black-and-white. I make my living in the gray.

There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." —Ambrose Bierce

When the law doesn't work, you gotta work the law.

You don't buy a Supreme Court judge," Max said. "Nobody ever has.

A good lawyer is part con man, part priest," I said. "No idea what you're talking about." "The con man promises riches if you hire him. The priest threatens hell if you don't.

A lawyer needs to know the truth. No, strike that. I can't speak for my brethren. I need to know the truth.

The Doctor: I just don't like nastiness, and people getting away with it. Churchwell: That sounds a rather, if you forgive me, innocent view. The Doctor: That's as may be, but I'm sticking to it.

But hold fast. Before you become too flushed at the prospect of starring nightly in your own private pornographic films, there are limitations.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.

I don't fatten frogs to feed snakes. Are you stupid? I taught you better than that. A wet pussy and a dry purse don't match.

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.

A man with no enemies is a man with no character.

Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby.

When you see the right thing to do, you'd better do it.

when u have no enemies ,you are characterless.

You can get straight As in marketing and still flunk ordinary life. —NEWMAN TO LEE IACOCCA AFTER IACOCCA'S PINTO CAUGHT FIRE

tells people how to recognize and deal with their feelings, and how to help others do the same thing by working through their mutual communications problems. Like Hendrix, he places great emphasis on listening. He lists three phases of ethical persuasion: First, exploring the other's position (listening), then explaining your viewpoint, and finally creating resolution.

keep principles before personalities.7 We adhere to the principle of honestly stating our feelings, but we do not discuss personalities.

Don't Expect What Goes Around to Come Around. Total jerks and evil people often get all the good breaks. Being nice guarantees nothing. Good things happen to bad people. Sometimes, things just don't "balance out" or "work out for the best.

Some people believe they have moral choices other than to love their partners no matter what; others believe that they deserve love, no matter how they behave. I say that both are wrong.