When people commit themselves to a certain vision of reality, it becomes their ultimate explainer. It serves to interpret the universe for… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them. — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather. — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
They are our brothers, these freedom fighters.... They are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our media are completely lost in a wilderland of moral equivalence, eagerly prostituting themselves to monsters and terrorists. — Charles Foster Johnson Copy Share Image
We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached as a writer and a filmmaker. — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
As a society, we are typically deeply disassociated from animal cruelty, but more than ever, animal protection organizations are telling the backstory.… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's… — Tommy Bond Copy Share Image
The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
There are inquiries which are a sort of moral burglary. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
In Homer and Chaucer there is more of the innocence and serenity of youth than in the more modern and moral poets.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I see the insurance issue, the coverage of people for healthcare in our country as a huge moral issue. The richest country… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I believe the media pretty much dictates the way relationships are handled, even in the way we handle ourselves. Abuse, cheating, threesomes,… — Tony Gaskins Copy Share Image
The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax. — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won’t go, men lose their tempers and beat it;… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
We can't reform mandatory spending in this area until we first deal with ours. I tell my colleagues, 'Let's get the moral… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums. — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Liberal Christians are distinguished by how much moral and intellectual ground they can concede to the adversaries of Christianity. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely… — Charles Sturt Copy Share Image
The compass of compassion asks not what is good for me? but what is good? Not what is best for me but… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
I think the research evidence on the benefits of early childhood programs for the local economy is extremely strong. However, the moral… — Timothy J. Bartik Copy Share Image
We must destroy all which in the present school answers to the organization of constraint, the artificial surroundings by which children are… — Francesc Ferrer i Guardia Copy Share Image
Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God? — Plato Copy Share Image