Quotes About Responsibility

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

If we humans are good at anything, it's thinking we've got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.

The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today.

If we witness an act of discrimination but do not speak up or intervene, then we tacitly support it.

Savremen ?ovek hoda po licu Zemlje i ostavlja pustinju u otiscima svojih stopala.

Authority, I say, is held by a person or persons who lead humans to a fuller exercise of their freedom to accomplish human tasks.

In the history of the AIDS epidemic, President Reagan's legacy is one of silence,

I didn't want to be responsible for Alisa; I had a hard enough time being responsible for myself.

be strict in what you will accept before you begin, and promise as little as possible in return.

I feel that I owe my life to them and I set out to write a book that reflects this, reflects the debt I owe them, and does them honor.

is that we created a government that is doing this to us. It

Mi padre me enseñó que un padre puede llorar delante de sus hijos, que eso otorga un valor a las lágrimas que los niños no conocen, porque los lloros infantiles son siempre caprichosos, intrascendentes, oportunistas. Pero las lágirmas de un padre son de plomo

Yo no respondí pero pensé que la diversión deja de ser diversión cuando se vuelve obligatoria. Tener veinte años sin tener veinte años era un esfuerzo que no me tentaba.

Los políticos, como los niños, tienden a mentir como primera reacción. Es natural. La mentira es un manto que resguarda en primera instancia. Pero la verdad es terca y muerde con dientes afilados.

But what man has made, man can un-make.

The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy who, under the specious . . . garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate or defend them.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

With no mum or brothers or sisters, Alfie had to care for his father alone. Besides having to go to school and do his homework, the boy would do all the shopping, all the cleaning, cook all the meals, and do all the washing up. Alfie never complained though. He loved his dad with all his heart.

You MUST take your pills. If you fail to take your pills, every single person in your dormitory will be PUNISHED for all ETERNITY

Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.

And still at number one… "It's not just yourself you've let down, but the whole school.

Give us it you little ****," said the other one. I have to confess, reader, that the **** bit was a swear word. Other swear words include ****, ******** and of course the incredibly rude ************************. If you don't know any swear words it's best to ask a parent or teacher or other responsible adult to make a list for you.