Quotes / The Conscience

Annie: Well, sounds like you've got it all figured out so why are you talking to me about it?
Jeff: Because you're, y'know...
Annie: A decent person?
Jeff: Maybe.
Annie: And you knew that talking to me about it would make you feel like a bad friend? And you wanted to feel like a bad friend because you want to be a good friend?
Jeff: You really suck, you know that?

— Community, Basic Genealogy

"A conscience is that still small voice that people don't listen to! That's just the trouble with the world today!"

— Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

"I dub you Pinocchio’s conscience. Lord High Keeper of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong, Counselor in moments of temptation and guide along the straight and narrow path. Arise, Sir Jiminy Cricket."

— The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio

Gumball: I thought you came here to help me!
Darwin: Yeah, to help you realize you're wrong!

— The Amazing World of Gumball, The Best

"I bet Taylor didn't like that." I spoke into the void as I smoothed out a long, adhesive bandage along her ribs.
"She almost dropped everything to save the hostages," Lisa agreed. "She's a good person, you know? It sucks having a voice of conscience around sometimes, but then sometimes it helps."

— The Worm fic It is Dark

Twelfth Doctor: This is Clara. She's not my assistant, some other word.
Clara: I'm his carer.
Twelfth Doctor: Yeah, my carer. She cares so I don't have to.

— Doctor Who "Into the Dalek"

"You are my counsel, the one I turn to when I need my moral compass checked."

— Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager, "Prime Factors"

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