Quotes About Responsibility

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.

Sin comes when communication lines are down - it always does, sooner or later.

Use the words "I feel because I" to remind us that what we feel it isn't because of what the other person did, but because of a choice I've made.

The cause of anger lies in our thinking - in thoughts of blame and judgment.

In crisis management, be quick with the facts, slow with the blame.

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

From my perspective, the state has to assume responsibility for the integrity of international communications.

Gossip is irresponsible communication.

Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals.

Computers can do better than ever what needn't be done at all. Making sense is still a human monopoly.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields

Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. Let's take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

The computer is here to stay, therefore it must be kept in its proper place as a tool and a slave, or we will become sorcerer's apprentices, with data data everywhere and not a thought to think.

If computers take over, it will serve us right.

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

Managing senior programmers is like herding cats.

Don't damage computer systems you break into (including crashing them); don't change the information in those systems (except for altering logs to cover your tracks); and share information.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

Eighty percent of American managers cannot answer with any measure of confidence these seemingly simple questions: What is my job? What in it really counts? How well am I doing?