If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.


Mercedes Lackey

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

Let him who walks in darkness and no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God
PEOPLE OF CHRIST
There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world fo...
GEORGE LUCAS
Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER
I'm not sure what a good person is, exactly. On the one hand, it could be someone who always play by...
MICHAEL THOMAS FORD
I get nervous and I was really nervous out there, but you have to be able to control your emotions o...
JASON ELAM
Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, sma...
JEFF GOLDBLUM
Some of those jobs are still going to migrate back down to Cincinnati, where Federated is located. A...
DAVE BRENNAN
Go ahead and join if you are interested but be smart about it; you are putting yourself out there (f...
ELIZABETH MCDONALD
People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness ca...
JOHN FORBES NASH, JR.
If you think you’re good people, and if you are, how would you know? Is it something you always kn...
JEN WANG
If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are ...
JOHN ASTIN
We are always on the hunt for some really good people with some good ideas, ... There will be some l...
CAROL BARTZ
I feel people are like that of original paintings. You can make something like it and to some it may...
NICHOLAS GABLE
If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you thin...
BARNEY FRANK
There are certainly good people who think it will be an issue and one Democrats ought to take advant...
PHIL BREDESEN
People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everyt...
GIANCARLO STANTON
The support for same sex marriage isn't there yet - fine. It's a hard idea for people to get their h...
ANN DEGROOT
What will make you a star is in you
SOTONYE ANGA
When you realize that you have a little germ of an idea that has - I suppose I can only say, has to ...
DAVID GILMOUR
Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL
In the areas where FGM is going down, it has been addressed in a violence against women framework. I...
EFUA DORKENOO
I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are ...
STEPHEN MALKMUS
I see the biggest protest ever on Parliament Hill in June. I can see the streets packed with people ...
CONNIE ADAMS
My background is sociology. Combined with my graphic approach, if I could do some film projects, I t...
DAVID CARSON
Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something t...
FLEA
When you leave college, there are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when ...
ANNA QUINDLEN
At the height of depression,the moment when you are about to jump of the cliff something happens som...
DELETE ACCOUNT
I think there is something to be said for not coddling people and not accepting good as good enough.
DAMIEN CHAZELLE
They are damn good projects - excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up there. You know ...
HARRY HOPKINS
The majority of this department is a younger department. There are going to be some people with sour...
JAMES CURTIS
Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you...
JAN KARON
Everybody gets religion after a scandal, at least for a while. There are a lot of ethics rules in th...
JAN BARAN
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a...
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON
If people in Rolla are looking for something to do at any time, some group to join, they should come...
JEFF LOEFFLER
If you don't have a code of ethics or moral principles that you live by no matter what the consequen...
MAURICE W. LINDSAY
It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first o...
JACK ANTONOFF
Africa was full of people in need of help and there had to be a limit. You simply could not help eve...
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
A lot of political campaigns on limited budgets may not have the funds for big media buys so they lo...
GREGG SPIRIDELLIS
Every time you are convinced of something you close yourself off from any and all other possibilitie...
AKIROQ BROST
I think in some way, there aren't a lot of people making pop music with sincerity, ... We offer a sl...
DARREN HAYES
Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but ado...
MARKETA IRGLOVA
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as...
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN
There has to be a priority of maintaining that these are student-athletes, and those who don't want ...
GERALD TURNER
Some people think we're driving a Pinto in a Mercedes world, but that really isn't the case. We're g...
RICHARD GEIGER
Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea...
CRAIG GROESCHEL
i want to be the best i can be but when i cant i'll try my best to achieve my goal my goals in life ...
DALLY SALAD
In video you are starting with nothing but a black screen. There's no game there. With pinball y...
EUGENE JARVIS
We've got a huge population of people that have been evacuated with very little by way of possession...
NATALIE RULE
Look down the corridors to see if there are call lights on. If they're on for a lengthy amount of ti...
FRANCES GRANT
For each other, at each other: Sisters can be either or both. The same could be said of people in an...
DEBORAH TANNEN
I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib...
C. JOYBELL C.
I think of us as a people who inoculate ourselves against a plague of insanity with a powerful anti-...
SPIDER ROBINSON
You want to meet a bunch of really friendly people? Go to a Slayer concert. There'll be some rea...
HENRY ROLLINS
A lot of times, people just want to be an individual. But if you really want to win, at the end of t...
KEVIN MCCARTHY
What can you do? You're never going to be - I'm sure there are people out there who think Ci...
KATEE SACKHOFF
I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the li...
MEREDITH GREY
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens ...
GOLDIE HAWN
People will love the war at the beginning,but those people who loved the war won't be there to cry a...
THESULA GUYRUKA ILESINGHE
If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there ma...
ROGER A. CARAS
If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there ma...
ROGER CARAS
Should I be better than you if I make a little bit more money? No. Unfortunately, you know, some peo...
WOODY AUSTIN
I think it's good. It puts us on a stage with every other sport that's major. People who know hockey...
JAMIE MCLENNAN
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens...
GOLDIE HAWN
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens ...
GOLDIE HAWN
Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's makin...
LAURA MVULA
There were few people who could so easily turn down money. There had to be a larger good for doing s...
JADE DELLINGER
I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can...
AMY WINEHOUSE
If you think there is something wrong with Bipolar People you might want to Google the Famous Bipola...
STANLEY VICTOR PASKAVICH
I really don't think there is reason for people to worry. It's going to be pretty much the same as i...
JEFF WATTS
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT
I think it's one of the big winners out there in terms of something that might be useful for people ...
KAREN SHERMAN
Religion teaches you to try be able to stand up for what you believe in, even if other people don't ...
CHARLES TOWNES
You can’t replace people you love with other people…But you can trust that you’re not going to...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung canc...
ANNE WOJCICKI
One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bri...
LAURIE HELGOE
At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car cha...
JASON STATHAM
I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You'r...
TERRY PRATCHETT
On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfact...
CRAIG GROESCHEL
A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through t...
GEORGE LUCAS
I like to cook and I enjoy hosting the parties. There is that saying of who you are with on New Year...
ERIKA BONACOLTA
Some people think there are cons associated with the president's plans, ... And there are those who ...
BILL THOMAS
I think it is great for our people to be considered, but at the same token, you hate to lose some pe...
A.J. SMITH
Jim Rogers is wonderful fundraiser and has tremendous respect from a lot of people, but there are ot...
DON SNYDER
Make yourself solely responsible for resolving problems with other people. If you wait for the other...
VIKRANT PARSAI
People need to realize the Supreme Court does most of its business in a written format. People submi...
JAY JORGENSEN
It's making me have gray hair. I think you just have to be prepared. And all 31 other teams are havi...
TED THOMPSON
But you know what? Peace is just an idea. There will never be peace on Earth, at least, not the kind...
JUNE GRAY
I don't think anyone's out to get more welfare, but people have the right to work for wages with som...
BILL EWING
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT
There's a difference between racism and people making a joke about something. There is true raci...
CHELSEA HANDLER
People, they want me to teach school, but no matter what I could teach - I can teach you to be a law...
GEORGE SIDNEY
Yeah, obviously we use vampires as a metaphor for something else, something deeper than just the sup...
GERARD WAY
I want to know how these very people who are against war because of loss of life can possibly be the...
JIM GIBBONS
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick peopl...
NIKKI GIOVANNI
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick peopl...
NIKKI GIOVANNI
I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there&#...
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
Chihuly believes art is for everybody. He thinks that everybody can be an artist. He doesn't think t...
JOANNA SIKES
There might be some hours of loneliness. But there was something wonderful even in loneliness. At le...
L.M. MONTGOMERY
It is a very good option for people out there, for severe acne when other prescription medications h...
JENNIFER ADAMS

More Mercedes Lackey

That’s how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Getting angry over something that won't change is like seeing what happens if you hit your hand with...
MERCEDES LACKEY
If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
(a Shin'a'in saying)
MERCEDES LACKEY
Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happen...
MERCEDES LACKEY
In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable,...
MERCEDES LACKEY
You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong.
MERCEDES LACKEY
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
MERCEDES LACKEY
The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student ...
MERCEDES LACKEY
It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good a...
MERCEDES LACKEY
If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becom...
MERCEDES LACKEY
To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to b...
MERCEDES LACKEY
It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it...
MERCEDES LACKEY
These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them...
MERCEDES LACKEY
There's always going to be fighting. People of honor have to be a part of that, because if they aren...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Why should you find a mind attractive enough to put up with a crippled, aging body? I'm half again y...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the o...
MERCEDES LACKEY
The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Van, Van, we’re only simple, fallible mortals - we aren’t saints, we aren’t angels - we fall o...
MERCEDES LACKEY
I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It ...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Good hips. Breed like cow, strong like bull, dumb like ox. Hitch to plow when horse dies.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Well, we could have just given him a horse and sent him on his way, but... Ancaladar ate the horse.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier dis...
MERCEDES LACKEY
The dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the ...
MERCEDES LACKEY
I'm not out to disturb anybody's faith. I happen to be happy and comfortable with a belief system th...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he sai...
MERCEDES LACKEY
This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.
MERCEDES LACKEY
Do you know the kind of things that live up there?...things without names 'cause no one who's seen '...
MERCEDES LACKEY
A quaint conceit, don't you think?
MERCEDES LACKEY
...Though drowned was just as dead as any other way of dying.
MERCEDES LACKEY
It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentia...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.
MERCEDES LACKEY
If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "dan...
MERCEDES LACKEY
. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elabor...
MERCEDES LACKEY
One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical ...
MERCEDES LACKEY
[Harrier] locked eyes with Zanattar. He couldn't remember another time in his life when he'd been th...
MERCEDES LACKEY
Peri went to the window, gesturing out at the dragons, perched and flying, everywhere. "Safe, true, ...
MERCEDES LACKEY
[...] what the hell do I do about a broken lifebond?"

He shook his head, obviously at a l...
MERCEDES LACKEY
We had been following him for over two years. He was doing a lot of damage.
CARL LACKEY
The few dens we've been to we've seen the tracks. It looks like they came out, saw the 15 to 20 feet...
CARL LACKEY
When they run out of food, then they start breaking into people's homes and moving into urban areas.
CARL LACKEY
You can't blame the bear. They've probably been hitting those apple orchards for 100 years. Apples a...
CARL LACKEY
The biggest advantage to these signs is that they increase awareness. Whether or not people slow dow...
CARL LACKEY
The paid staff shouldn't be the only ones who minister. Everyone works here, and that's been a very ...
JIM LACKEY
He had a couple of uncharacteristic shots. Jacob, I really thought he would be one of those guys tha...
DAVID LACKEY
We were not going for any weird mortgage situations. We wanted a fixed-rate mortgage. Even though ba...
JUSTINE LACKEY
[Rodrigo] Lopez pitched well, but we've got to find a way to beat guys like that to get to where we ...
JOHN LACKEY
All of the stuff in here took me years to collect.
AUDREY LACKEY
It's brought in people that normally wouldn't come in. We have a lot of people from out of town that...
AUDREY LACKEY
Jamaal Charles reminds me of Barry Sanders or Gale Sayers or somebody like that. He just can go, and...
BOBBY LACKEY
It's got that chocolate flavor, but that little bite.
AUDREY LACKEY
I think we felt confident coming into the series that we could win it.
JOHN LACKEY
This course is not as challenging as some. So if they found it challenging, that's good.
DAVID LACKEY
I actually thought he'd finish with below 65. I wanted that just for him. It was an unbelievable rou...
DAVID LACKEY
We are coming home from the hospital and I'm like, 'I've got to call this guy,' with my 1-day-old ba...
JUSTINE LACKEY
He was surprised that I knew about Egyptian culture and politics.
JUSTINE LACKEY
If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably...
MERCEDES RUEHL
I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.
MERCEDES RUEHL
I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in...
MERCEDES RUEHL
One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholi...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
I'm glad I am a woman who once danced naked in the Mediterranean Sea at midnight.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose t...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
The way we carry on with each other though, that?s not fake.
ANNA MERCEDES
I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I kn...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
We might pull a little stunt in there. You never know.
ANNA MERCEDES
A mean, tipsy, powerful, rotten-egg lady.
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
I think it's reasonable to assume that these factors are not independent. It's important to understa...
MERCEDES PASCUAL
I did find evidence for an increase in temperature, which the authors of the previous paper said was...
MERCEDES PASCUAL
There?s a misconception that we?re destructive.
ANNA MERCEDES
I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition ...
MERCEDES RUEHL
Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm on...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
We are delighted to applaud the outstanding achievements of these top performing partners. They are ...
MERCEDES ELLISON
Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Ste...
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE
Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor wh...
MERCEDES RUEHL
I was prepared; Mum wasn't.
MERCEDES CORBY
We can think of changes to the oceans locally, but in terms of human health we have to look globally...
MERCEDES PASCUAL
Queda la palabra -Yo- Para esa,
por triste, por su atroz soledad,
decreto la peor de las p...
MARíA MERCEDES CARRANZA
Beauty without intelligence is an illusion that is close to disenchantment. It is like a fairy that ...
MERCEDES CABELLO DE CARBONERA