Story That Has A Moral Lesson Quotes & Sayings

No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both. — Arthur Helps

There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex is only about sex in snakes, or sex in egg-laying reptiles. Although a biologist's job in part is to interpret what organisms do in a broader context, that context does not, and should not, need to include a lesson for human beings. This is true regardless of whether the lesson is something we would like to teach, which means that using animals as vehicles for nonsexist thinking is just as out of bounds as using them to keep women barefoot and pregnant. — Marlene Zuk

Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising. — Bob Filner

I know there is a difference in our ages, but who cares? My heart has no idea how old your heart is. — Evelyn R. Baldwin

As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. Some people have easy temperaments and weak characters; others have difficult temperaments and strong characters. We are all prone to confuse the two in assessing people we associate with. Those with easy temperaments and weak characters are more likable than admirable; those with difficult temperaments and strong characters are more admirable than likable. — Sydney J. Harris

Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact, and the appropriate response is two-fold. First, many, many people, even to this day, do take the whole of their scripture to be literal fact, and they have a great deal of political power over the rest of us, especially in the United States and in the Islamic world. Secondly, how should we take the story? As an alagory? Then an alagory for what? Surely nothing praiseworthy. As a moral lesson? Then what kind of lesson could be derived from this appalling story? — Richard Dawkins

And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed:
Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale, of the Spider and the Fly. — Mary Howitt

Quick, children, come now. You are safe here. You are safe with us. — Tatiana De Rosnay

The universe always
helps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be. — Paulo Coelho

You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson. — Christina Ricci

Entropy is a bitch, — Dan Simmons

Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces. — John Abercrombie