Adam McKay Quotes

Every action has a consequence, so always try to be good.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in the attitude of it. A bit more Americanized, which is both good and bad. At least when you order a cup of coffee they don't give you a hard time.

I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile.

I don't feel very comfortable defending my fashion except to say that people don't have to buy it. You do have to consume. You have to live. If you've got the money to be able to afford it, then it's really good to buy something from me, but don't buy too much.

Our rulers do wrong from choice and right from necessity.

I just think there is a right way to do things, and I don't think two wrongs make a right.

Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou liest down. Continually doth she attend thee, now aslant thy course, now at a later time. These lines are from a section of doubtful or spurious fragments.

If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.

You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting.

Yes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but everyone forgets the second half of that quote: the road to heaven is paved with good actions.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

Good and evil both increase at compound interest.

Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.