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“History isn’t morality.” — Nancy Kress, Probability Space

Author YahooeyPosted on January 20, 2023January 19, 2023Categories QuotationsTags history, morality, Nancy KressLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.” — Bertrand Russell, “Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness,” Sceptical Essays

Author YahooeyPosted on December 12, 2022December 12, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Bertrand Russell, moral superiority, morality3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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“Morality is not a simple set of rules. It’s a very complex struggle of conflicting patterns of values.” — Robert M. Pirsig, Lila

Author YahooeyPosted on December 1, 2022November 30, 2022Categories QuotationsTags morality, Robert M. PirsigLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“That’s why when people say ‘the people’ or ‘the public’ as though it’s the final repository of all morality, I sometimes flinch.” — Arundhati Roy, Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Author YahooeyPosted on July 24, 2022July 18, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Arundhati Roy, moralityLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“Our tendency to abuse and exploit the knowledge we have for nasty ends of course necessitates a system where checks and controls need to be in place as our technology runs far ahead of our morality.” — Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind

Author YahooeyPosted on May 23, 2022May 22, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Derren Brown, morality, technology1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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“I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.” — Wendell Willkie, One World

Author YahooeyPosted on November 12, 2021November 11, 2021Categories QuotationsTags expediency, morality, Wendell WillkieLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“In any conflict the boundaries of behavior are defined by the party that cares the least about morality.” — Randy Wayne White, Last Flight Out

Author YahooeyPosted on June 21, 2021June 20, 2021Categories QuotationsTags behaviour, conflict, morality, Randy Wayne White1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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Matters change, and morals change; men remain.

“Matters change, and morals change; men remain.” — John Galsworthy, “Some Platitudes Concerning Drama,” The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

Author YahooeyPosted on March 10, 2021March 2, 2021Categories QuotationsTags John Galsworthy, morality, Some Platitudes Concerning DramaLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The minute sex becomes of moral importance, horrible problems are created needlessly.

“The minute sex becomes of moral importance, horrible problems are created needlessly.” — Manuel Puig, The Art of Fiction No. 114, the Paris Review (Winter II 1989)

Author YahooeyPosted on February 4, 2021January 26, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Art of Fiction, Manuel Puig, morality, Paris Review, sex, The Art of Fiction No. 114, the Paris ReviewLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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To display moral qualities demands practice, just as much as intellectual and manual qualities.

“To display moral qualities demands practice, just as much as intellectual and manual qualities.” — Robert Aickman, Growing Boys

Author YahooeyPosted on October 21, 2020October 18, 2020Categories QuotationsTags intellect, manual, morality, practice, qualities, Robert AickmanLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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