Quotes About Accountability

It's a horrible thing to realize what you've done.

I'm not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, 'Let's all just get along.' I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'

If I ever complain about my job, hit me with a rubber hose.

We are being held hostage by the people we elect.

We do believe in an inside-out culture. If we hold our hosts and guests to an expectation of acceptance and belonging, it has to start within our company. Otherwise, how on earth do we have the credibility to hold them accountable if we're not doing it to ourselves?

As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.

People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.

There's a lot of players that go to a city, pick up a check, go to practice, and just worry about what's happening in their households, and you can't blame them.

People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.

Too much of our media, and not just sports media, but media, in general, is one where the people with the voices live in glass houses.

It has been raised many times whether media, corporate houses, sports bodies and NGOs should come under RTI or not. It is not up to you or me to decide. It is up to the government to decide on that.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

I always ask candidates two things: 'How many times have you been fired?' and, 'Do you watch your clock when it's time to go? Do you look at your phone? Do you look at your watch?'

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.

No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.

I give people a huge amount of rope, and then I hold them accountable for the rope.

In my experience, accountability is a huge part of team success.

It's a huge responsibility to play at the back, there is no room for mistakes, so I must be constantly focused to give my best.

I can only work hard because it is a huge responsibility to wear all of these shirts, all of these clubs that I have played for.

I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.

When two human beings get together, they're co-present, there is built into it a certain responsibility we have for each other, and when people are co-present in family relationships and other relationships, that responsibility is there. You can't just turn off a person. On the Internet, you can.