David Chipperfield Quotes

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.

You're either a person with a conscience, or you're not. I think I've got quite a fine conscience.

I started to think about the assumptions we make that everyone we meet operates under the same moral code, and how betrayed we feel when that isn't the case.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

It didn't occur to me to go into something that didn't have an ethical return for me.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Younger scientists are extremely sensitive to the moral implications of all they do.

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.

It's easy to get into the grey zone [of ethics].

All a man can betray is his conscience.

When the goals of science collide with moral and ethical judgment, there are certain times when science has to take a time-out.

Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It can provide outlets for moral energies, but it cannot create those energies.

When I was younger, I wondered if it was possible to be a good person and a writer.

If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you'll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible.

Don't ever silence your morality to be a part of anything.

My conscience won't allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.

I care about hurting other people because, well, I don't want to hurt people - well, I do sometimes, but I still don't.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.

The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.