“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”
Conscience quotes
58 conscience quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.”
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“- Vic DeRubis: Open it, Alec! There ain't no race, so I gotta kill you!
- Alec Stewart: I can't let you do it, Vic! You'll hate yourself in the morning!” -
“You are better at this than any of us. Your only problem is you have a soul.”
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“Experts say unconsciousness occurs before pain has time to register. They agree that electrocution does not hurt. But it does. Unimaginably.”
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“The experimenter told the subject to perform an action. What happened between the command and the outcome is the individual, with conscience and a will, who can either obey or disobey.”
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“The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hardwork... family... never forgetting where we came from.”
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“- Richard Twat: I trust you've slept well?
- Mr. Johnson: We had rather a rough night, actually.
- Richard Twat: Ah well, the perils of adultery.”
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“Guess he won't need me anymore. What does an actor want with a conscience, anyway?”
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“Better get ready for the Judgement morning.”
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“People don't want the truth anymore, Matt. It's too messy. Keeps them up nights.”
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“You don't know how lucky you are being a monkey. Because consciousness is a terrible curse. I think. I feel. I suffer. And all I ask in return is the opportunity to do my work. And they won't allow it... because I raise issues.”
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“He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized that there was nothing within him, neither conscious nor reason that was... even remotely human. An hour ago I stood up and fired six shots into him and then he just got up and walked away. I am talking about the real possibility that he is still out there!”
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“- Four: You're responsible for the death of hundreds of people. You know the punishment for that.
- Eric: Listen... I've found a way to live with the blood on my hands. But can you?”
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“There's so few people in this town with a conscience.”
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“What was this drug? I couldn’t stay messy on it. I hadn’t had a cigarette in six hours. Hadn’t eaten. So abstemious and tidy. What was this? A drug for people who wanted to me more anal retentive. I wasn’t high. I wasn’t wired. Just clear. I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.”
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“- Felina: My fear is my curse. What's yours?
- John Smith: I was born without a conscience.”
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“That little voice in the back of your head right now, it's not conscience, it's fear.”
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“This is your job. You want a clear conscience, go start a charity.”
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“- Dory: Who's that?
- Marlin: Who's that? Who else would it be? It's me!
- Dory: Are... are you my conscience?
- Marlin: Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
- Dory: Eh, can't complain.
- Marlin: Good. Now, Dory, do you see anything?
- Dory: Yes, I see... a light. Hey, conscience, am I dead?” -
“- Jack Morgan - State Department Analyst: You know I'm often asked by people like yourself to examine my conscience and every now and then I do examine it.
- Richard Boyle: And what do you find there, Jack?
- Jack Morgan - State Department Analyst: That whatever mistakes we make down here, the alternative would be ten times worse!” -
“Remember, Pinocchio: be a good boy. And always let your conscience be your guide.”
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“- Luis Antonio Vargas: Have you no conscience at all? I mean...
- Julia Russell: Yes of course I do. But you see, I don't let it get the best of me. It's just something that happened. It had to be done. And when something has to be done, you do it, right? So here's to us, a short life, but an exciting one.”
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