Quotes about responsibility
responsibility home giving
An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides. Edwin Meese
responsibility greatness action
Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness. Edwin Louis Cole
responsibility acceptance maturity
Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!
responsibility people accountability
Under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility. They abuse their power, conceal their actions from the American people, and refuse to hold officials accountable. Edward Kennedy
responsibility emotional doctors
Although my doctors informed me that I suffered a cerebral concussion, as well as shock, I do not seek to escape responsibility for my actions by placing the blame either on the physical and emotional trauma brought on by the accident, or on anyone else. I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the police immediately.
responsibility faithful-servants poor-richard
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. Benjamin Franklin
responsibility giving community
Business has a responsibility to give back to the community. Ben Cohen
responsibility thinking administration
I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think it's appropriate for me to second guess. Ben Bernanke
responsibility decision economics
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions
responsibility thinking scary
Directing first film was terrified, it was really very scary because there is a lot of responsibility. I think I was terrified because I wanted it to work so much. A lot of actors direct movies but I thought the stakes were kind of higher for me because I really, really cared. I just worked as hard as I possibly could on every single thing, every single day. I said that if this failed it would not be because I didn't work as hard as I possibly could...every day. Ben Affleck
responsibility omnipotence america
In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence. Barbara Tuchman
responsibility israel government
The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility. Avigdor Lieberman
responsibility opportunity goal
As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life, there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives, etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha! Axl Rose
responsibility thinking giving
I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share. Avril Lavigne
responsibility may truth-is
Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes. Arthur Eddington
responsibility thinking accountability
To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility. bell hooks
responsibility thinking self
I think one must take responsibility for one's actions and one's decisions. But one should never take -- one should never assume that everything that happens for the good is achieved by one's self alone. Aung San Suu Kyi
responsibility rights needs
It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.
responsibility men discipline
Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
responsibility government terrorist
The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack. Bob Etheridge
responsibility writing problem
Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything' That's not what they elect you for. Bob Dole
responsibility important roles
I usually go with roles that I find entertaining. But every once in a while, there comes along a film that has an important social message. As actors, we have a certain responsibility toward our audience. Boman Irani
responsibility blessing unique
I think that we have a unique opportunity as performers and artists to be kind of the town criers and also to get more people to listen, so that's a blessing and a responsibility that I take very seriously. Bonnie Raitt
responsibility self causes
Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility. Barry Eisler
responsibility people citizens
What comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be. Antonio Gramsci
responsibility action taking-responsibility
To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else. Bruce Lee
responsibility white house
The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest. Bruce Bartlett
responsibility men perfect
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. Brooks Atkinson
responsibility honor
It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility. David Duchovny
responsibility tomorrow-will-be-better plant
If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers. Ben Vereen
responsibility together hierarchy
Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy. Barney Frank
responsibility character theatre
What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character. Audrey Tautou
responsibility safe settling
And this is a grave responsibility, projected from within each of us, not to settle for the convenient, the shoddy, the conventionally expected, nor the merely safe. Audre Lorde