Character Quote by E. M. Forster Download Open image “The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.” — E. M. Forster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Life Morality Organized Public life
Morality is only for the middle class, sweet. The lower class can't afford it, and the upper classes have entirely too much leisure time… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What is called the morality of a society is no more than a consequence of the morality of individuals. There is, by the same… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Morality is the least of my concerns. To me, morality in a society that - however moral its pose - is hierarchically organized is… — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Therefore the great mediator of any community is human morality. — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality. — Peter Fonda Copy Share Image
Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for It will probably be interesting, and it is sure… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Before the civil war, Pottibakia was a normal member of the Comity of Nations. She erected tariff walls, broke treaties, persecuted minorities, obstructed at… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
