Ethics Quotes

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The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another. — Max Weber
There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls,… — Aldo Leopold
Art neither belongs to religion, nor to ethics; but, like these, it brings us nearer to the Infinite, one of the forms of which it… — Victor Cousin
I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else. — Richard M. Nixon
I understand the chairman of the Senate Ethics comittee is going to examine the check-bouncing scandal with a microscope. ...makes sense... If you're going to… — Jay Leno
Human beings of all societies in all periods of history believe that their ideas on the nature of the real world are the most secure,… — Edward Robert Harrison
It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain… — David Riesman
As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old… — Lance Morrow
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to eat? will be… — Hugo Ball
We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there. — Gary Oldman
I try to be very much in control when it comes to work. I have a strong work ethic. — Alison Brie
There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection of their ethics and personality. It just makes them… — Lenora Crichlow
I think the biggest lesson that I take from 'Avatar' on any set that I go to is just work ethic. Working with Jim Cameron,… — Laz Alonso
Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black… — Patricia Hill Collins
My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly… — Pete Cashmore
I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're… — Neko Case
I hope the story of 2011 is that America gets its mojo back. You've got to remember that America has the best universities; it's got… — Jamie Dimon
If you're going to figure something out, study ethics. You can ask What's the answer? What's Right and Wrong? What I learned is that nobody… — Duff Goldman
They see a work ethic in both of us. But, they also see that my husband is more in control of his future, and I… — Jami Gertz
My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately. — Matthew Gray Gubler

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