Quotes About Accountability

I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

People like Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, who have spent Rs 500 crore to build their brands, will take that money back from us only. How can they deliver good governance?

Privacy is dead. We live in a world of instantaneous, globalised gossip. The idea that there is a 'private' sphere and a 'public' sphere for world leaders, politicians or anyone in the public eye is slowly disintegrating. The death of privacy will have a profound effect on who our leaders will be in the future.

The Porter Ranch situation is the BP oil spill on land.

The remake of 'Gulaabi Aankhein' went into a bad spin and I'll only hold myself responsible for it. I shouldn't have done it.

Is the Justice Department incapable of regulating itself? Without strong regulation, the privileges we give them to investigate us, to conduct their normal anti-crime things, can spiral out of control.

If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.

In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living.

Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?

When you have a history with me of being disrespectful, spiteful, and unapologetic, then you will be shown the nearest exit to the left.

The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.

Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car. You are baby-sitting rich, spoiled kids... I don't know where you parked your car!

My children were not overly spoiled. They had to make their beds. They had to line up their shoes.

I don't have any records from back in 2002, but when people called and asked me to speak to groups, I went and spoke to groups.

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

Do not feel sorry for the bad luck of people, because behind everyone's misery is their own stupidity and laziness.

We create our fate every day ... most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

Placing blame in marriage is like saying, 'Your side of the boat is sinking.'

Am I keeping my promises?

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

The single greatest impediment to error prevention in the medical industry is that we punish people for making mistakes.

With the exception of lawyers, there is no profession which, considers itself above the law so widely as the medical profession.