Quotes About Ethics

In 'Maatr,' we do not justify taking the law into our hands. That's not the right thing to do. We are not promoting that.

Is safety a business imperative? Yes. But is it also the right thing to do? Yes. And it's important for companies to increasingly find that by doing the right thing, they're fulfilling their business imperative.

I do the right thing on purpose. I don't do it by accident.

Kentuckians deserve leaders who aren't afraid to do the right thing.

I've had people say, 'Oh you've made whistleblowing cool.' But it's really not. It's a good thing to do. And it's the right thing to do. But it's arduous and difficult, particularly if you are going up against something that's really powerful and political.

I think if a driver commits to a team it's like disappearing with another girlfriend half way through the year, it doesn't seem like the right thing to do.

Once your back's up against the wall and you've been beat down, you start looking at trying to do the right thing.

I don't do things to be rewarded. I help people because it's the right thing to do.

In order to do the right thing and to provide the right long-term view for the city, it might mean you're only in politics for a little while.

A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.

That image of a lawyer standing up in a criminal case and doing the right thing always stuck with me. I love the idea of building cases and really going after bad guys.

Asking people for money is a hard thing to do. But helping people do the right thing is not hard. So I often call people up and suggest ways they can spend their money to make a meaningful impact, and I don't feel I've asked them for money.

You've got to go with what you think is the right thing in the moment, based on everything that's presented to you.

That's what I want to do with my life. Be a good person when all the lights are off. When everybody doesn't need to see you, shine and know that you know you did the right thing at the end of the day.

You want to try to always do the right thing and show kids the right way to live.

They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The Sopranos': if he said anything in front of a writer, told them a story from his life, it could make its way into the script.

I absolutely hated 'Gattaca.' I left the theater shaking my head because the science in the film was just terrible. No genetic test will ever tell you how many heartbeats you have left. No genetic test will ever be more accurate in telling an employer how well you'll do at a job than your performance at a past job would be.

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.

My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money.

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with anything.

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.

Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law enforcement agencies.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.