Responsibility Quotes
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Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.
John Charles Polanyi -
We all have a responsibility to try and make this world better, whether it's through our work, the causes we champion, the way that we treat people, or the values we impart to the next generation.
Daniel Lubetzky
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The second thing that we have to do is to make sure that this doesn't happen again. And we need to look into the investigation of exactly what happened, whose responsibility, so if we move forward, we don't have this problem again.
Dennis Hastert -
I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.
Kenneth Lay -
Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.
Jeanine Pirro -
I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.
Jamie Foxx -
When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
Gabourey Sidibe -
It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.
Christine Gregoire
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The purpose of religion is not so much to get us into heaven, or to keep us out of hell, but to put a little bit of heaven into us, and take the hell out of us. This has always been the greatest responsibility of religion.
E. Stanley Jones -
Just getting to meet George Lucas was pretty amazing, and then working with him and getting to be part of this process... it's a great responsibility.
Dave Filoni -
The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.
Jill Robinson -
Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
As servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is our sacred responsibility to teach His standard of morality, which is the same for all of His children.
Quentin L. Cook -
It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home, to bring world-class, classical music to Somerset.
Charles Hazlewood
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I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them.
Deborah Cox -
You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
Barbara Boxer -
I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.
Harold Pinter -
When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'
Sally Jewell -
Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of the workplace, but one of the continuing frustrations for women is the lack of respect they get for taking on the responsibility for domestic life, whether they're also working outside the home or not.
Mariella Frostrup -
If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.
Manmohan Singh
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I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
Pat Toomey -
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 -
Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.
Mark Steyn -
One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.
Adam Dell