Quotes by Responsibility When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. Edith Hamilton libertarian-partyfreedomresponsibility Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences. Eckhart Tolle threeunhappyresponsibility A Christian, who realizes he has been made in the image of the Creator God and is therefore meant to be creative on a finite level, should certainly have more understanding of his responsibility to treat God's creation with sensitivity, and should develop his talents to do something to beautify his little spot on the earth's surface. Edith Schaeffer creator-godresponsibilitychristian A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies Edmund Randolph freedommilitaryresponsibility At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless. Eddie Vedder realizingresponsibilityneeds No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities. Eduard Shevardnadze neglectdutyresponsibility Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world. Edna O'Brien responsibilityrunningworld It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don't like the light--it reveals too much. But hand in hand with the creative artist, you can lead people into the wisdom that is known to all other animals: simply, that it is the dark we have to fear. Edward Albee artistresponsibilitydark A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it. Edward Albee aidsresponsibilitycomfort When we take the position that it is not only the programmer's responsibility to produce a correct program but also to demonstrate its correctness in a convincing manner, then the above remarks have a profound influence on the programmer's activity: the object he has to produce must be usefully structured. Edsger Dijkstra influenceresponsibilityprofound Unless you are terribly, terribly careful, you run the danger-- without even knowing it is happening to you-- of slipping into the fatal error of reflecting the public taste instead of creating it. Your responsibility is to the public consciousness, not to the public view of itself. Edward Albee errorsresponsibilityrunning The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic -- to present the world and people in it as he sees it and say, "Do you like it? If you don't like it, change it. Edward Albee responsibilitywritingpeople Writing should be useful. If it can’t instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness, there’s no point in doing it. Edward Albee responsibilitywritingpeople I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. Edward Everett onenessresponsibilitylife Responsibility prevents crimes. Edmund Burke crimeprisonresponsibility In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. Edward Gibbon libertarian-partyresponsibilitywisdom I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk about it. Edward Albee usaresponsibilitythinking I think it is the responsibility of critics to rely less strenuously on, to use a Hollywood phrase, "what they can live with," and more on an examination of the works of art from an aesthetic and clinical point of view. Edward Albee responsibilityartthinking America is an idea, but it's an idea that brings with it some baggage, like power brings responsibility. It's an idea that brings with it equality, but equality even though it's the highest calling, is the hardest to reach. The idea that anything is possible, that's one of the reasons why I'm a fan of America. It's like hey, look there's the moon up there, let's take a walk on it, bring back a piece of it. That's the kind of America that I'm a fan of. Edward de Bono encouragementmoonresponsibility Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement? Edward Said responsibilitydoepeople«6263646566676869707172»
