Jeff Goldblum Quotes

Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them.

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 human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

I love technology, and I love science. It's just always all in the way you use it. So there's no - you can't really blame anything on the technology. It's just the way people use it, and it always has been.

Avoid what will require an apology.

I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind.

At some point, you can't take a risk just to take a risk because that's a betrayal, in and of itself.

We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But in the name of freedom, people have done a lot of damage. I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Because liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. We are not free to destroy.

A scientist has to be neutral in his search for the truth, but he cannot be neutral as to the use of that truth when found. If you know more than other people, you have more responsibility, rather than less.

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

I think it's much better to have your eyes open, but on the other hand, of course it can do harm if you tell people look, there's all these terrible things you can do and then some idiot may go ahead and do it.

You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.

We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.

Here's a little tip for you. If you don't like being called a murderer, don't kill people.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything I do not think.

A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear.

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.

… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks

There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.