Quotes About Responsibility

took over the ranch, the cowboys had quit feeding silage, so I didn't know much

anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

Procrastinators often follow exactly the wrong tack. They try to minimize their commitments, assuming that if they have only a few things to do, they will quit procrastinating and get them done.

The] passive assertion of superstitious men waiting for Destiny to fell them . . . is an attitude that most sensible men and women can easily reject. But rejection means assuming responsibility. And in our elites there is no desire to initiate changes which would insert the concept of responsibility into that of power. Only a persistent public commitment by the citizenry could bring such a thing about.

Heroes happen because somebody made a mistake.

I'm raising jailbait in a valley full of horny soldiers; it is never too early to start drinking.

Close one Pandora's Box and we open another, the President said. That's science for you, Mr. President.

Duty is heavier than mountains, death is lighter than a feather.

Just remember, Miller growled, over the radio. Once you ignite the fuse, Mister Satchel Charge is not your friend.

François Mitterrand is credited with saying that the most essential quality for any statesman is indifference

It being the privilege of the fishes, as it is of rats and wolves, to live by the laws of demand and supply; but the distinction of humanity, to live by those of right.

You're saying the media is dangerous, immoral, and antidemocratic?" "Well . . . yes," Henderson said. "They don't recognize it in themselves, but they're basically criminals. In the classic sense of that word.

If a Martian were watching our television shows, he'd conclude that guns were more common than hammers. They're not evil themselves--they're tools--but everywhere you go, bad people have them. It behooves the righteous to at least know how they work.

I'm not a responsible human being before noon. I don't daylight; I really don't.

I want to see what that fuckin' Flowers does with his dadhood.

It's the way of the world, man. There are the worker bees, and the manager bees. The worker bees take care of the work, the manager bees take care of themselves." •

the police don't stop crime; they simply record it, and sometimes they catch the people who do it.

Where you living, James?" Del asked. "You living with your mom?" "I gotta place. Look, I'm doing all right. I got a part-time gig with this guy. . . . I didn't kill nobody. I don't got a gun.

Weather stuck her head in and said, "You're not coming to bed?" "Not for a while." She was up late; not working in the morning. "Something came up.

Kids are wonderful, even when they're not.

How come you don't have a gun?" she asked, through her open car door. "Aren't cops required to carry guns? I read that somewhere." "In my experience, bad things can happen if you carry a handgun," Virgil said. "For one thing, it causes your shoulder to slope in the direction of the pocket you carry it in. Over the years, that could cause spinal problems.

AFTER THE CALL from Weather, Lucas showered and shaved, put a Band-Aid and some antiseptic on his index finger, above the knuckle, where he'd picked up a splinter earlier in the day, and put on some fresh clothes. He took ten minutes to vacuum up an accumulation of Asian ladybugs that had found their way through the windowless addition, and bagged up the garbage and trash. He called Jimi to tell her he'd be gone for a short time, no more than a few days.

Filled with existential ennui about your place in the universe? Get over yourself. Yes, you're an inconsequential worm in the grand scope of history. But you're an inconsequential worm who makes shit up for a living, which means that you don't have to lift heavy boxes or ask people if they want fries with that. Grow up and get back to work.

This is my rife. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rife is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I have master my life. My rife, without me, is useless. Without my rife, I am useless. I must fire my rife true. I must shoot before he shoots me. And I will. - Marine Rife Creed