Quotes About Obligation

I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.

I think the man who eats the bread of idleness is under a certain obligation to speak well of labor.

Having got the best of education myself, I firmly believe it is my personal obligation to give back to the community.

I don't apologize for looking after New Jersey's interests. That's an obligation that I'll always keep.

It is simply a moral obligation to make sure our nation's heroes have a home to return to at night.

When I went to college, it became more of a hobby, and that's when I think I got the realest music education. It wasn't something that I had to do. It wasn't an obligation.

I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's not an obligation to my party; it's an obligation to Alaskans.

I believe the attorney general or the deputy attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the Constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the President.

Being a conservative has given me clarity; it's given me freedom - my mind is free; therefore, my heart is lighter. And that's a gift from God that I believe we have an obligation to share with others.

There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.

I was raised in, and presumably to, the cutlery business. I really didn't think that that's what I wanted to do for a career. But I felt a certain obligation to give it a try.

If you have an opportunity to help others or incite change, it feels like a moral obligation to do so.

As you have more resources in life, it's your obligation to deploy those for the benefit of others.

A lot of times, they can't hire actors just because there's this obligation that the audiences don't know who they are, and it's about making money. For me, the project that felt like all of it was 'Rachel Getting Married' because I had such a good time on that movie. Jonathan Demme, to me, is one of the most actor-friendly directors.

I'd much rather have the freedom, and the obligation to use it responsibly, than be put in a box.

The climate issue is for the state. It is an obligation for all governments.

The obligation to remember is inscribed on every Holocaust memorial, but even the words 'Never Forget' become irksome eventually.

My obligation is to the movie audiences.

This is Leicester: it is not like Manchester City or Manchester United. They have an obligation to win things. We don't have an obligation; it is just a dream.

I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.

We all have some basic obligation to one another.

In everything I do, I want people to get the message of acceptance, to learn not to practice contempt without investigation. I have an obligation to do it.

We didn't really grow up in a gendered environment. We didn't have a hierarchy. My family is fearless. They truly believe that they have something to contribute to society and that it is an obligation as humans. I try to embed in my children that they have something to contribute. And that you give because you have to, not to be appreciated.