Responsible Quotes - page 7

I must be permitted to say that I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. (Andrew Johnson)
Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago. We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration. View quote
Pierre Trudeau
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. View quote
C. S. Lewis
When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything. View quote
Jean-Paul Sartre
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do - but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. View quote
Albert Einstein
The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a check against irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly. View quote
Gerald Ford
Much if not all we know about the complex mechanism responsible for the development (and stagnation) of productive forces, and for the rise and decay of social organizations, is the result of the analytical work undertaken by Marx and by those whom he inspired. View quote
Paul A. Baran
What we seek to advance, what we seek to develop in all of our colleges and universities, are educated men and women who can bear the burdens of responsible citizenship, who can make judgments about life as it is, and as it must be, and encourage the people to make those decisions which can bring not only prosperity and security, but happiness to the people of the United States and those who depend upon it. View quote
John F. Kennedy
There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Ambitious men spend their youth in rendering themselves worthy of patronage; it is their great mistake. While the foolish creatures are laying in stores of knowledge and energy, so that they shall not sink under the weight of responsible posts that recede from them, schemers come and go who are wealthy in words and destitute of ideas, astonish the ignorant, and creep into the confidence of those who have a little knowledge. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill. (Ronald Reagan)
This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this. View quote
Ann Patchett
The anonymity issue is a big question. As long as people can disguise cyber attacks and as long as there is a sort of question mark over who is responsible, then the problem will continue to exist. And of course what happens in response to that is that there is a move to try and refashion the Internet so that anonymity is impossible, which of course leads to fears among all sorts of groups - civil rights groups, NGOs, and political parties - that the Internet is going to be used simply as a method of control. So these are very sensitive issues. View quote
Misha Glenny
The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.' View quote
Neale Donald Walsch
I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating. I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food. View quote
Nicholas Stern
The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro men, their failure to be responsible, to support the family, or to provide authority. The same is true of American Indian tribes which are also matriarchal today. View quote
Rousas John Rushdoony
To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway. View quote
Andrew Leigh
As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family. View quote
Annette Funicello
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest. View quote
Robert H. Schuller
Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. (Sam Shepard)
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up. View quote
Sandra Brown
I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of. View quote
Sophie Marceau
If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible. View quote
Suze Orman
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. View quote
Walter Russell Mead