Quotes About Accountability

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

I don't read my books, so I don't allow myself the dangerous luxury of toying with the idea of doing things differently.

We need to have people who are talking about, 'Here's exactly what I would do differently.' That's what's important as we go vote.

In times of difficulty we all have to understand our responsibilities.

Sometimes you've got to just dig down deep and be accountable for the role that you have on the team.

Digital is the only way to get rid of corruption and unaccounted cash.

What I'm saying is it is our responsibility to exercise due diligence, to ask the tough questions, to get the evidence before we make those very costly decisions about how and when and where our military is used.

I'm generally pretty responsible and diligent, but people make mistakes.

Do what you think is right, because one damn thing is an absolute, certainly: We come and go. Politicians are a dime a dozen.

Banks need to have large shareholders on the board that have a direct interest in their performance.

When you're directing, you look around and you think, everything I see is my responsibility. From the catering being on time to whether the clouds are moving the way I need them to move to whether this actor is giving the performance I want to whether the costumes are what they should be.

We look to our leaders once we elect them to either lead us in the right direction or at least not crush us.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.

You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?

There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

Clearly, dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections.

You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.

Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.

When someone invests in you, I don't want to disappoint them. I want to be the player they think they're getting.

I wouldn't want to disappoint my family, my friends, my fans.

No one sets out to make a bad movie or disappoint anybody.

When your kids disappoint you, you tell them off; you don't give them some chocolate, do you? You treat players similar to how you treat your kids, really.