Lorrie Moore Quotes

In my family we've always been into ethical stuff and recycling.

I try to be nice, I try to respect other people, but over the years I've learned that all this stuff we do is a bunch of crap. That doesn't mean it doesn't have its place. We are living in a material world, so why not live with something beautiful?

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful and tolerant, helpful and outreaching to those in distress. We can either subdue the divine nature and hide it so that it finds no expression in our lives, or we can bring it to the front and let it shine through all that we do.

On the whole, I should say that the person who likes to lie should never, in any circumstances, be allowed to. Leave the lying to the people who hate it. You will not find them indulging often.

How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.

I love people and want to be good to people. If I'm in restaurant and somebody doesn't treat a waitress right, I literally will leave. I will unfriend you. You are not my friend anymore.

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.

To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the "pleasures of the flesh" only on the condition that they may be insipid.

I'm not naive, I know that bad things happen, but most people do the right thing most of the time. Most people wake up and they try to do what's right for their relationships, whether it's marriage or family. They try to do what's right for their job. They try to make a better world for those around them, and that's what I want to write about.

I have never taken the high road, but I tell other people to 'cause then there's more room for me on the low road.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.

I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.

I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it.

I've got confidence that most people in America still have a decent sense of manners, propriety, morality.

The American people have to think hard about their definition of the meaning of the good life, that hedonistic, materialistic society of high levels of consumption, increasing social inequality is not a society that can be part of the solution of the world's problems.

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.

Person-to-person, most people are honest.