Responsibility Quotes

Community, responsibility, flexibility, tenacity - these are all things that I imbue my characters with. They are basically good, nonjudgmental people who succeed at the end of the day, sometimes in spite of themselves.

Janet Evanovich
- People
- Good
- Community
Once the Western mind was disconnected from its sense of divine responsibility and genuine reverence towards nature, all hell broke loose. And that's where we are.

Marianne Williamson
- Mind
- Nature
- Sense

I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.

Matthew Desmond
The role of geo-engineering should, in a world of responsibility, in a world of scientifically enlightened decision making and ecological understanding, it should be zero. There is no role for geo-engeneering. Because what is geoengineering but extending the engineering paradigm?

Vandana Shiva
I think we need to raise our voices, and we need to demonstrate to the people we represent, as well as the American people, that their leaders have a responsibility to take action.

Elizabeth Esty
- People
- American
- Action
As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.

Walter Dean Myers
- Children
- Change
- Reading
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.

Daniel Akaka
I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
- World
- Children
- Trying