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Quotes About Ethics

I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.
~ Andrew Young
You can't be a good person when you're writing and a bad person to your husband or a bad friend.
~ Ann Patchett
You can't be a jerk in order to be a good writer.
~ Ann Patchett
Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.
~ Ann Radcliffe
A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
~ Anton Chekhov
I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.
~ Antonia Fraser
Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive.
~ Arianna Huffington
How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
The definition of what it means to be dying has changed radically. We are able to extend people's lives considerably, including sometimes, good days.
~ Atul Gawande
A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
~ Barney Frank
If you're going to lie, at least be good at it.
~ Behdad Sami
A good king is a public servant.
~ Ben Jonson
Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed.
~ Bill Watterson
Is your money that good, will it buy you forgiveness?
~ Bob Dylan
I try to stay away from certain stuff - I'm not a perfect human being. I try to represent myself as much as a good person could. I stay around the positive people.
~ Boi-1da
Sometimes the good guy rips out innocent people's throats. That's just something the world need to live with if it wants the good guy to keep saving the day.
~ Bradley Sands
No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.
~ Brian Helgeland
It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.
~ Brigham Young
Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.
~ Bruno Dumont
It is not the same thing to be good and to be kind.
~ Cassandra Clare
I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.
~ Cathy O'Neil