Moral Expectation Quotes

Gods should not resemble men in their anger!

The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

I am only trying to call attention to a fact; the fact that this year, of this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practice ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.

Am I self-righteous? Why not? It's not like I can count on you to be righteous for me.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)

You’re Andy Hardy. You’re the United States. You’re a symbol. Behave yourself!

This is always a pain because it's injustice too and so my response to it, I tell you what I am more surprised or horrified at Jews who forget to be humanists than I am at anybody else.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities.

I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.

You are no better than you should be.

I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous.

It deeply concerns me that somebody who knows little or nothing about the Christian faith would hear Mr. Trump call himself a Christian and then make a decision based on the Christian faith, based on his behavior.

No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance.

I know me, and I know my heart. I know what the Lord expects. I know what a Christian's supposed to act like, but you can't act it.

I dislike being an anvil for the hammering out of other people's virtues.