Moral Realists Quotes & Sayings

I am certainly open to the idea that this might be used to explain other philosophical categories besides knowledge. I have some real sympathy with the work of those moral realists who have tried to give naturalistic accounts of human flourishing, and who offer accounts of right action in such terms. (I suppose this is more evidence that I really do have deep affinities with Aristotle!) — Hilary Kornblith

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy. — Chris Gardner

She says, this is Holly, I say honey, you sound far away, she says I'm in
New York, I say what the hell are you doing in New York when it's Sunday and you got
the test tomorrow?
She says I'm in New York cause I've never been to New York. — Truman Capote

Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives; but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone. — Ashley Judd

Could not decide whether he was the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world. It — Virginia Woolf

But nothing disturbs the feeling of specialness like the presence of other human beings feeling identically special. — Jonathan Franzen

The most basic problem is that performance appraisals often don't accurately assess performance. — W. Edwards Deming

Choose what you actually want to do rather than what you think will impress people on Facebook. Ironically, when you do this, something amazing happens; what you produce stands a better chance of getting recognition. Not just on Facebook, but in the real world. — Meghan Daum

This is not to say that power and security are the sole or even the most important objectives of mankind; as a species we prize beauty, truth, and goodness. . . . What the realist seeks to stress is that all these more noble goals will be lost unless one makes provision for one's security in the power struggle among social groups. . . . A moral commitment lies at the heart of realism. . . . What Morgenthau and many other realists have in common is a belief that ethical and political behavior will fail unless it takes into account the actual practice of states and the teachings of sound theory. — Robert Gilpin