be evil
Example Sentences
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“Google’s motto used to be ‘Don’t be evil.’
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022
The on-court "circus" between Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas spilled into the Wimbledon media interview room as the Australian denied his opponent's claim that he was "a bully" who could be "evil".
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022
In 2004, cofounder Sergey Brin said the policy was a matter of ethics and a reflection of the company's "don't be evil" corporate value.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2022
Skeptics were quick to dismiss these safeguards as just another, more convoluted version of ‘‘Don’t be evil.’’
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
Like that he’d said, “We are free but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering,” or something like that.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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