“It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him cold, or rather, would flatter him. Immoralism has become a commonplace, and anybody and everybody boasts of practising it.” MenWould BeMoralPiecesHe ManColdCodeBoastCommonplaceAccusationMoral Code Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that.” PeopleIfsPersonsPlayWantedMoralMillionsPiecesImagineExampleTearsReleaseShakesDrowningImplicationsVirusesFormatShake It Up Author:David Hasselhoff
“Few women have both taste and truth; and indeed, this special bit or moral mosaic is just the most difficult piece of carpentry in the whole of the human workshop.” HumansWholeBitsDifficultMoralPiecesSpecialTasteWorkshopsMosaicsCarpentry Author:Eliza Lynn Linton
“Many people assert that this abandonment of the god hypothesis means the abandonment of all religion and all moral sanctions. This is simply not true. But it does mean, once our relief at jettisoning an outdated piece of ideological furniture is over, that we must construct something to take its place.” PeopleMeanDoeMoralPiecesReliefConstructsHypothesisFurnitureAbandonmentSanctionsIdeologicalOutdated Author:Julian Huxley
“I think that both Luca [ Guadagnino]and I have a kind of resistance to the idea of a film holding a moral message because that would exclude so many people from feeling that it was their film and it's important for a piece of work to feel owned by every member of the audience.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindImportantIdeasFeelingsFilmMoralAudiencePiecesMembersMessagesResistance Author:Tilda Swinton
“As is well known, all collectors are prepared to steal or murder if it is a question of getting another piece for their collection; but this does not lower their moral character in the least.” IfsWellsDoeCharacterKnownMoralPiecesMurderPreparedStealingCollectionsWell KnownCollectorsMoral Character Book:War with the Newts Source: War with the Newts