218 quotes found
“We prefer to imagine brutal wars and atrocities as events that "just happen" every now and then, much like tornadoes or lightning strikes; this metaphor suggests that we can't generalize from them,...”
“The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvag...”
“Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do. Otherwise, what is a society?”
“A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.”
“Your life is yours, not theirs. Your opinion of yourself, should also be yours, and not theirs. Sometimes, people can be so cruel and heartless. It can be hard to not be affected by it. Sometimes, ...”
“When you cannot find a pill for it, try taking a full dosage of responsibility”
“Responsibility and Trust -- these two are like Yin and Yang, together perfectly complete, and each one requiring the presence of the other.The next time you mistrust someone, consider this -- does ...”
“We're not responsible, he thought. This planet is a temporary affair. It's whizzing with all kinds of other ones, a whole range of planetary stuff, toward a star in the Milky Way. On that kind of a...”
“In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.”
“Among the responsibilities of any writer is that, no matter what else, they know what they mean. So, even if no one else knows what you're talking about, you do. The listener can sense that, even i...”
“You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercis...”
“Taking charge of our life reinforces our self-worth.”
“A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.”
“The writers job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think thats part of the moral obligation of a writer, which cannot be only pure...”
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
“Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done. ”
“Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices.”
“There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.”
“Why was I chosen?''Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use ...”
“The ArmfulFor every parcel I stoop down to seizeI lose some other off my arms and knees,And the whole pile is slipping, bottles, buns,Extremes too hard to comprehend at. onceYet nothing I should ca...”
