#ethic

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Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.


Jim Butcher


#responsibility #right-and-wrong #ethics

...there are people who try to look as if they are doing a good and thorough job, and then there are the people who actually damn well do it, for its own sake.


John D. MacDonald


#thoroughness #work-ethic #ethics

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.


John Ralston Saul


#government #morals #ethics

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life--knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth while to live. He is of a disposition to do men service, though he is ashamed to have a service done to him. To confer a kindness is a mark of superiority; to receive one is a mark of subordination... He does not take part in public displays... He is open in his dislikes and preferences; he talks and acts frankly, because of his contempt for men and things... He is never fired with admiration, since there is nothing great in his eyes. He cannot live in complaisance with others, except it be a friend; complaisance is the characteristic of a slave... He never feels malice, and always forgets and passes over injuries... He is not fond of talking... It is no concern of his that he should be praised, or that others should be blamed. He does not speak evil of others, even of his enemies, unless it be to themselves. His carriage is sedate, his voice deep, his speech measured; he is not given to hurry, for he is concerned about only a few things; he is not prone to vehemence, for he thinks nothing very important. A shrill voice and hasty steps come to a man through care... He bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skillful general who marshals his limited forces with the strategy of war... He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude.


Aristotle


#ethics #superman #life

If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't.


Margaret Atwood


#call #cover #dragons #enough #ethical

My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.


Christian Bale


#between #character #complete #consumerism #difference

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.


Theodor Adorno


#always #ethics #first #only #principle

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.


B. R. Ambedkar


#been #come #compel #conflict #divested

No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.


Aneurin Bevan


#attempt #burning #concerned #deep #eradicate

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.


Graham Greene


#motivational