Responsibility Quotes

"Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy"

John Hoeven, Politician

"I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility"

Talib Kweli, Musician

"So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well"

Neville Marriner, Musician

"What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch"

Martin Sheen, Actor

"A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these problems"

Gerry Adams, Politician

"To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of"

Jeffery Deaver, Writer

"Probably my mother. She was a very compassionate woman, and always kept me on my feet. And I think part of it is just the way you are, the way you're raised. And she had the responsibility for raising me"

Ed Bradley, Journalist

"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, Musician

"I think that what scares me more than getting fat during pregnancy is the responsibility of a child"

Carol Alt, Model

"You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education and making people able to participate in the economies, and in decision-making"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks"

Harold Pinter, Playwright

"It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter"

Eminem, Musician

"A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other"

Ronald Knox, Theologian

"Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom"

Horst Koehler, Statesman

"Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live"

William Kingdon Clifford, Mathematician

"There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility"

Steven Spielberg, Director

"Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal"

Francis Ford Coppola, Director

"Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome"

Thomas E. Mann, Sociologist

"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men"

Bede Griffiths, Clergyman

"We have a responsibility to protect the Earth for future generations. The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it, we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and towards humanity as a whole"

Pope Francis, Pope

"Climate change is a global challenge that requires global solutions. As a nation with vast natural resources, Norway has a special responsibility to contribute to sustainable development and protect the environment for future generations"

Jens Stoltenberg, Politician

"A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society"

Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman

"Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place"

Jeff Koons, Artist

"But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company"

Kenneth Lay, Businessman

"We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges"

Ryan Reynolds, Actor

"The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility"

Rachel Maddow, Journalist

"Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep"

Ken Blanchard, Author

"First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government"

Stephen Harper, Politician

"During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed"

Rick Warren, Writer

"I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

"The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed"

William Bennett, Politician

"I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else"

Robert Rauschenberg, Artist

"I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model"

Clay Aiken, Musician

"So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens"

Walter Salles, Director

"We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity"

George Soros, Businessman

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