Quotes About Responsibility

Oppression is not limited to people of color, but if you feel guilty that's something you should confront.

I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments.

The first year I was at NASA, I was only responsible for optical and ultraviolet astronomy. Frankly, there wasn't much else.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change.

The obligation of every ethical management is to make sure we optimize the long-term value of the company.

Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.

My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.

My mum and dad had creative jobs, but our family was a working family - so there wasn't an option of, 'Oh, when you're older, you're not going to have to work.'

Giving back was an expectation, not an option.

The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore.

My relationship with Joe Silva has always been him saying 'hey I want you to fight this day' and it's like alright sounds good. I don't really look at it as an option.

In our careers you don't get the option to say, 'I'm going to take two months off, or go on holiday.' You just don't have that in this lifestyle and it has made us realise we do work non-stop.

Work is not optional for those able to do work, and that's most of us. There are to be no shirkers in the Lord's kingdom.

I know it is difficult to play in a big club like Manchester United as a No. 10 because you know how many goals you have to score to play there. So I thought I had to add something to my game. I had to give more options to the manager.

When I was in 4th grade, my mom was diagnosed with oral cancer. It was not looking good, it was serious when they found it. Obviously, I didn't know much about what was going on. I remember feeling a lot of guilt about it, feeling like I somehow contributed to it. I think that's just something that kids often do.

We're going to stop looking at Earth from orbit because we don't like what we are seeing and the conclusions that leads us to? That's nonsense.

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

I have killed no one and I have ordered no one to be killed.

I ordered a decaf coffee the other night, and I was like, 'Holy crap, I'm an adult.'

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.