Quotes tagged ‘Responsibility’

“It is your responsibility to be here. If you are not, you have failed in that responsibility, which makes it your fault.”

— David Shore, Dr. Neil Melendez, Nicholas Gonzalez, imdb.com

“Freedom's just another word for one more way to get fucked.”

— Melissa Rosenberg, Kevin Maynard, Officer Gerard, Scott MacDonald, imdb.com

“I don't like it when I say people should die and then they do. I don't want that kind of responsibility. At least not until I've got a job in middle management.”

— Karen Hydendahl, Paul Sparagano, Jane Lane (voice), Wendy Hoopes, imdb.com

“When you have children, you always have family. They will always be your priority, your responsibility. And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he's not appreciated or respected or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he's a man.”

— Moira Walley-Beckett, Gus Fring, Giancarlo Esposito, imdb.com

“There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.”

— Martin Van Buren, amazon.com

“As a contrast to this kind of democracy we have the German democracy, which is a true democracy; for here the leader is freely chosen and is obliged to accept full responsibility for all his actions and omissions. The problems to be dealt with are not put to the vote of the majority; but they are de…”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“A leader has to be held responsible for the result of what he says. The result of what he’s been saying is that our whole nation believes that he was supporting white extremism. Didn’t have anything bad to say about Nazis. That sort of thing. If he didn’t mean it, he should have corrected it in a wa…”

— Walter Mondale, minnpost.com

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

— Kahlil Gibran, amazon.com

“Sally: I'm sorry I broke your suitcase. Don: Find out how much it is to repair and it will come out of your allowance. Sally: I don't have an allowance. Don: Then don't break things.”

— Matthew Weiner, Don Draper, Jon Hamm, imdb.com

“An officer must not lie, steal, or cheat—ever. He keeps his word, whatever the cost. He must not shirk his duties no matter how difficult or dangerous they are. His life is ransomed to his duty. An officer must trust his fellow officers, and expect their trust in return. He must not expect others to…”

— John McCain, amazon.com

“Middle management means that you got just enough responsibility to listen when people talk, but not so much you can't tell anybody to go fuck themselves.”

— Ed Burns, David Simon, Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin, Robert Wisdom, imdb.com

“Sam Fox: It really disgusts me how you will sometimes say anything to avoid responsibility for your mistakes. You had a party and you wrecked the house! You're not the first kid to do that. It's not the end of the world. Max: Then why are you acting like it is? Sam Fox: Because you make me get this…”

— Louis C.K., Sam Fox, Pamela Adlon, imdb.com

“You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.”

— Willie Nelson, amazon.com

“Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pelé. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.”

— Pele, en.wikiquote.org

“It is not your responsibility to make people understand why they are wrong.”

— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com

“Responsibility. It really does suck....Unfortunately, once you get past the age of braces and training bras, responsibility doesn't go away.”

— Ann Hamilton, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com

“After someone dies, I think we want to tell ourselves a story of how it was our fault, because at least it gives us some control.”

— Sarah Treem, Sharr White, imdb.com

“When we take action to avenge the ones we love personal justice collides with social and divine justice. We become judge, jury, and God. With that choice comes daunting responsibility. Some men cave under that weight. Others abuse the momentum. The true outlaw finds the balance between the passion i…”

— Kurt Sutter, John Teller, Nicholas Guest, imdb.com

“Do you know what I was doing tonight, Mom? I was having fun, you know, trying to forget about all the crap that I have to deal with every day. Just enjoying a night with my friends. And then, there you are, wasted at the bar - where I work, by the way, to pay the bills that you don't pay. And then y…”

— Sean Reycraft, Gabrielle G. Stanton, Matt Donovan, Zach Roerig, imdb.com

“My Countrymen: It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regretan bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com