Quotes About Responsibility

Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.

I used to not care if I died, but once I married and had children and became part of a big surfing community, that changed.

Looking back and knowing what I do, I believe the people who started the initial surge at Heysel were not Liverpool fans.

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.

As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.

My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn't care what I got up to.

I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control.

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'

The press don't like to say nice things because nice is boring. It's much better to label me the devil. What we do is not brain surgery. We are entertainers, plain and simple, and we're responsible to bring that money back, to make a profit.

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly.

It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.

Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

The grand surprise has really been the fact that being an author, which to me had always implied being a private person, actually requires you to be a public person as well, and those are two separate entities to me.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

Being a father is a surprise for me every day.

The thing that we tell - that I tell - members is, 'Vote your district. Vote your conscience; just don't surprise us.'

It's not exactly a big surprise that women mature earlier than men do. As a result, they tend to display better judgment, particularly when it comes to money.

The nature of the job of attorney general has changed - irrevocably. And we should never again have an attorney general, of either party, capable of expressing surprise at the role that national security issues now play in the life of the Justice Department or in the role of its chief.

To be mentioned as a Test captain was a big surprise.

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.

First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.