Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
I've always had the same principle for choosing roles, which is to try and make movies that I would pay to see. As I get older, that's meant different things.
Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.
The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.
We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class.
A precedent embalms a principle.
I think you need people of principle, of character, that are leaders, that take stands on important tough issues that will affect the future of this country.
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs over others.
Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand.
It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.
The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it.
The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle.
I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.
When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.
Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.
My church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, puts Jesus Christ at the focal point. It's the focus of everything. What I really hope is that people of faith in this country can come together in this election to ensure we elect a president who's going to do what's required to protect this basic principle of our country.
I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
