Quotes About Accountability

Let's ensure our federal government works on behalf of all of its citizens - not just the ones with connections to people in power.

Most companies don't have a good mechanism to give the CEO real, honest feedback.

It's just trying to do the best job I can in these opportunities that I get to show what I can do, be consistent, have good feedback, be fast, at the same time not make mistakes.

To let somebody get 30 points on you, and you feel good because you got 35 on them, that's not good for me, you know what I'm saying? If I get 35, I want him to get 12 or 14 because that means I've done something. I've done my job. I went out there and played hard and did what I had to do.

There's no better way of learning from your experiences than having an open and honest conversation with yourself about why you fell short.

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

We don't want anything from the government but that furtive little fellow called the truth - which, by the way, they'll never give you - which you have to go out and find by talking to people.

When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

We get paid to do this work, and fellow senators need to do their jobs.

You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.

There are a few things I lost which I shouldn't have lost. I know what I did wrong. I was lazy.

As machines take over the decision-making that saves lives, we are left with fewer chances to save lives later.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

I do not take to the field to defend myself from certain criticisms. If I do, in this kind of career, it is because I'm very self-critical.

In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

I've learned to be a different fighter, more responsible.

I feel like we have a duty as fighters to try and be a better example.

Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.

I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film.

As a filmmaker, you have to stand in front of what you did and make choices that you could do with a clear conscience.

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault.

This whole blogging stuff has been bugging me for years. Talk about no filter on things. People feel free to do and say whatever they want with no vetting, with no editing, with nothing.

I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fault.