Hursthouse Normative Virtue Quotes & Sayings

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not. — Plato

Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry. — Albert Einstein

As my colleague, the physical chemist Peter Atkins, puts it, we must be equally agnostic about the theory that there is a teapot in orbrit around the planet Pluto. We can't disprove it. But that doesn't mean the theory that there is a teapot is on level terms with the theory that there isn't. — Richard Dawkins

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die. — Michel Houellebecq

Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice. — William Lloyd Garrison

From 1801, Napoleon began an ambitious programme of civil reform to standardise law and justice, centralise education, introduce uniform weights and measures and a fully functioning internal market. That achievement alone makes him one of the giants of history. — Saul David

Holman's world is a worst case scenario but it's healthy to examine extreme possibilities. If the technology that is used for genetic enrichment in Genus had been distributed equitably, across society, it could have been nirvana, a great world where people don't fear the diseases that we die from. The problems that arrive are more to do with resource hording than technology itself. — Jonathan Trigell

To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots. — Billy West

Impatience, resentment, jealousy and endless "want" are not creative attractors and have no value. — Bryant McGill

I was a late bloomer. — Alia Shawkat

I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling? — Justina Chen

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. — Steven Spielberg

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do. — Emmanuelle Beart

If you are tired of walking to your destiny, sprint. — Matshona Dhliwayo