Quotes About Ethics

Most of us are aware of the sacrificial slaughter of Bear Sterns. Some people call it a bailout, but I call it a handout - a government handout to some of the richest people on Earth, paid for by American taxpayers.

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

If a woman chooses to have an abortion, it is legal to do that in this country, but I don't think taxpayers should be put in a position to have to pay for those abortions.

I'm gonna watch the taxpayers' money like I was elected to do.

I have great friends in film industry but professionalism and friendship are two different cups of tea.

If someone tried to take the hierarchy thing too seriously - for example, being lovely to producers but moaning to runners about the tea - that would not be accepted on 'Harry Potter'; someone would pull you aside and have a word.

I think the company that has the clearest set of values is Amazon. That company knows what it is. It may be that it's not your cup of tea, but every single person at that company knows what the Amazon values are.

I have always felt that promoting somebody else's mistake as a superlative product is not my cup of tea.

You don't teach morals and ethics and empathy and kindness in the schools. You teach that at home, and children learn by example.

I teach ethics at the FBI academy, which is ironic.

I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night.

Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

Why must everyone need a doctorate to teach? You can be a graduate from my institute in two months and for $11,000.

I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win.

I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.

In any profession, whether it's teachers or doctors or lawyers, the more we say we're not going to evaluate those people on the merits, I think that's when the profession goes into decline.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

Beyond the purposes of self-defense or imminent danger, my Catholic faith teaches me and millions of other Americans that we do not get to decide who lives or who dies; only the good Lord does.

No one teaches you how to think about money in medical school or residency. Yet, from the moment you start practicing, you must think about it. You must consider what is covered for a patient and what is not.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.