Quotes About Responsibility

I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think it's appropriate for me to second guess.

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

Not to say that corporations are perfect today, but even grand corporations like Dupont have made immense progress in translating some of their past environmentally damaging practices into new profit opportunities.

When I was younger, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist - he said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and progress things and move things forward. And that fascinated me, because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life.

It's all about controlling the huddle one play at a time and knowing my assignment, knowing my progression and where I've got to go with the ball.

Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.

The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play 'helicopter parent' to a free people. They saw government as our shared project to secure liberty, doing a few big things and doing them well.

As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the limits on applications of our understanding of the genome. Should there be limits? I think there should. I think the public has expressed their concern about ways this information might be misused.

When you take a director off a project, that makes a person feel humiliated because everyone knows it. But we're responsible because we put them in that position.

When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.

If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.

One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.

No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them.

A lot of the projects I've been involved with have been my babies, and I'm not going to give my baby to anyone else.

I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

I promise you... nobody cares about your business except for you. Nobody.

I promise not to let you down. I will be your servant with all humility and gratitude.

If you really want to get it more exciting, no linesmen. And have the players call their lines. That would make the game more exciting, I promise you. It would be awesome.

I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me.

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

I moved on with my life but I still have a big commitment to Terri. I made her a promise.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.