Quotes about responsibility
responsibility citizens ants
Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first. Clarence Day
responsibility lucky matter
The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that I get or a lot of readers, which I was lucky enough to get with 'Olive.' I feel responsible to them, to deliver something as truthful and straight as I can. Elizabeth Strout
responsibility risk matter
Personal responsibility matters. There are no excuses for those who spend money on things they cannot afford. But it's a whole lot harder to act responsibly when consumer credit contracts are designed to be incomprehensible, when prices are obscure and risks are hidden. Elizabeth Warren
responsibility government land
Accuse American businessmen of being responsible for radicalism and they would indignantly deny the accusation. Yet, in one fundamental sense, they are responsible. They are responsible in the sense that they have utterly neglected to take part in the work and the organization which precede the choosing of candidates for political office. Local political organizations all over the land are conducted and controlled, as a rule, by politicians.... Businessmen have shirked such responsibilities, leaving an untrammeled field to others less capable of carrying on the administration of government. B. C. Forbes
responsibility fate soul
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul. Ashleigh Brilliant
responsibility president joints
I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility. Arlen Specter
responsibility pension-plans corporations
A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed. Ben Stein
responsibility way exertion
Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions. Ben Stein
responsibility blood effort
Until the world in some way changes, then my responsibility is to share what I know and more importantly to behave like I know about the extraordinary work and effort and blood shed for me to be able to sit here. Avery Brooks
responsibility shepherds talent
I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone. Ashley Judd
responsibility writing media
The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist. Ashley Judd
responsibility investing shame
There is no reason to feel any shame in hiring someone to pick stocks or mutual funds for you. But there's one responsibility that you must never delegate. You, and no one but you, must investigate whether an adviser is trustworthy and charges reasonable fees. Benjamin Graham
responsibility intelligent investing
Losing some money is an inevitable part of investing, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. But to be an intelligent investor, you must take responsibility for ensuring that you never lose most or all of your money. Benjamin Graham
responsibility loser blame
Winners take responsibility, losers blame others. Brit Hume
responsibility thinking worry
The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me. Britney Spears
responsibility brain disease
I'm convinced that responsibility is some kind of psychological disease. Brandon Sanderson
responsibility animal thinking
A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good. Antoine Predock
responsibility men class
If woman's sole responsibility is of the domestic type, one class will be crushed by it, and the other throw it off as a badge of poverty. The poor man's motto, 'Woman's work is never done,' leads inevitably to its antithesis - ladies' work is never begun. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
responsibility immigration democratic
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. Barbara Jordan
responsibility common share
A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. Barbara Jordan
responsibility thinking guy
I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control. Barbara Kingsolver
responsibility soil
Anybody from my soil is my responsibility. Asif Ali Zardari
responsibility people attention
Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans. Barbara Olson
responsibility government bankruptcy
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no. Barbara Mikulski
responsibility goal political
Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration.... I assume full political responsibility for what happened. Augusto Pinochet
responsibility thinking generations
I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it. Azim Premji
responsibility men thinking
A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own severity, or you may try to cheat, to fake the evidence and evade the effort of the quest - but if devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality, then there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand
responsibility law punishment
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public, and that the common law rules that subject the libeler to responsibility for the public offense, as well as for the private injury, are not abolished by the protection extended in our constitutions. The law of criminal libel rests upon that secure foundation. There is also the conceded authority of courts to punish for contempt when publications directly tend to prevent the proper discharge of judicial functions. Charles Evans Hughes
responsibility writing pages
The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page. Charles Bukowski
responsibility self sufficiency
Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good. Aristotle
responsibility bears injustice
No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it. Aristotle
responsibility men class
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class. Aristotle
responsibility actors wonderful
I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities. Ben Kingsley