Quotes About Responsibility

A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.

You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic.

You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.

Those who own much have much to fear.

"The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."

"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellow-man has fulfilled the law."

I went downtown to the courthouse pretty late at night, and arraignment court was on. You have these prosecutors and public defenders and judges and all of these people who are there on a Friday night at half past 12, and how can you expect people to bring their judgment and their best selves to their work at that kind of time?

If there is anything good to be said about my particular line of work, it's that we get to tell people the news they need to hear, and to put it in context. To get to that – for one hour every night on the 'PBS NewsHour,' and for an additional half-hour every Friday night on 'Washington Week,' we have to slog through a lot of tough stuff.

I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday.

A lot of my friends, when I was 14 or 15, they were all up and down, wanting to go out on a Friday night, and my dad had me working really late on Fridays and Saturday mornings and even on Sunday mornings. And when I'd finished all that, we used to spend the rest of the time talking about boxing.

Friendship is a two way street not a one way road.

My bed wasn't feeling well this morning, so I had to stay home to take care of it.

When my boss told me this is the fifth time I'm late, I smiled and thought to myself, it's Friday!!

The advantage of having only one child is that you always know who did it.

No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early.

"When a man blames others for his failures, it's a good idea to credit others with his successes."

"Success has many fathers, failure is a mother."

I said school starts tomorrow. I didn't say I was going to be there.

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born and start using sleep deprivation to torture you.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'

Sail on, sail on, o' might Ship of State. To the shores of need, past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate. Sail on, sail on, sail on.

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."