Character Quote by Mary McCarthy

“Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we…

— Anonymous

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

— Charles Bukowski

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

— Henry Adams

Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some…

— Catherine Wilson

Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and…

— Ayn Rand

“Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of the human condition. No, they proclaimed morality as an imperative…

— Steven Erikson

Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.

— Anonymous

We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom.

— Aldous Huxley

Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the…

— Steven Pinker

Morality, when formal, devours.

— Albert Camus

“Some morals tended to keep people slaves in factories, in churches and true to the State. Other morals simply made good sense. It was…

— Charles Bukowski

Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation…

— Ellen Key