Quotes About Responsibility

The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us through the meat grinder.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

Well I think we can't avoid covering the news and when the president says something like that you're the enemy of the people, I think I'm well within my right to stand up and say this is well within my lane as a journalist and as an American to say that that's not appropriate.

I tend to stand up and speak up when I see something dysfunctional happening.

As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused - they cannot speak for themselves.

I don't think I've ever hurt anybody. I think I'll stand up on the day of judgment and go, 'Yeah? So what?'

It is our responsibility to stand up for equality, fairness, and civil rights.

I think you have to be a leader to be a coach. I think you have to be somebody who is willing to stand up even when it's hard.

At the end of the day, my responsibility is to provide facts and truth and represent and stand up for justice.

As a woman, when you look up to a man, you want to feel protected. We do need a lot more respect and men who will stand up when they need to. That needs to be the new normal.

Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk out on stage, and you have a minute to hook them, or they'll start booing. As a writer, it's very similar. A reader doesn't have time to say, 'I'll give him 50 pages, as it's not very good yet, but I hope it'll get better.'

I liked that improv and sketch comedy were collaborative, but you really depended on other people and a stage to perform. With stand-up comedy, I liked that you had no one else to blame and depend on.

My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'

I realized that that Golden Rule does not exist online. You are not held to that same standard as when there is a teacher in the room or someone monitoring behavior.

A fiduciary standard means, basically, put the interests of the client first. No excuses. Period.

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

I support the higher moral standard that this country has decided to hold itself to.

We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.

How the woman movement has elevated woman's work, since it has raised the standard of qualification in many fields and increased the feeling of responsibility in all!

I don't just want to go out there and do my job - I want to excel at it. I hold myself to a high standard. I expect to make plays that alter the game, and if I don't, I hold myself accountable.

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise.