Quotes by Responsibility I don't impose political responsibilities on my fiction. The last thing I would ever want to do, for example, is write a novel that would appear to want to tell people what to think about the immigration debate, and I would never write a novel whose sole ambition was to give a "positive" view of immigrants. I'm for open borders, by the way - down with the nation state! Francisco Goldman ambitionresponsibilitywriting I feel a responsibility, as I get older, to be responsible to what I've experienced, to what I've lived and been in a position to witness. I realize now that as a consequence of having lived the life I have, quite apart from the one, as I understand it, lived by most American writers, maybe I now know some things and have some stories to tell that others don't know about or wouldn't be able to tell. Maybe there's an intrinsic value in that lived experience and knowledge, though of course what you do with it is everything. Francisco Goldman responsiblerealizingresponsibility Your responsibility as a parent is never great as the case is with the mother. Fran Lebowitz parentresponsibilitymother The man who is fond of complaining likes to remain amid the objects of his vexation. He will most strongly revolt against every means proposed for his deliverance. This is what suits him. He asks nothing better than to sigh over his position and to remain in it. Francois Guizot responsibilitymenmean Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal. Francis Ford Coppola responsibilityopportunitypeople Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting. Francis Schaeffer generationschurchresponsibility I started my political life in the Resistance. It was there that I had my first responsibility. Francois Mitterrand politicalresponsibilitylife Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace. Frank B. Kellogg responsibilitypeoplepromise A compassionate open home is part of Christian responsibility, and should be practiced up to the level of capacity. Francis Schaeffer responsibilitychristianhome France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity. Francois Hollande responsibilityeuropefall Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect. Francois Hollande responsibilityjobscountry The overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the responsibility for this change. Francis Schaeffer responsibilityreligiouschristian And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received. Frank Carlucci responsibilityusethinking If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything. Frank Gehry seriousresponsibilitytogether Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen. Frank Gehry responsibleresponsibilityway I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility. Frank Lautenberg responsibilityjusticeadvice You know I'm old in some ways-in others-well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness-and I dread responsibility. F. Scott Fitzgerald sunshinegirlresponsibility First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family. Frank McCourt creatingresponsibilitybook Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual. Frank Lloyd Wright artistresponsibilitylife When it comes to little girls, God the father has nothing on father, the god. It's an awesome responsibility. Frank Pittman girlresponsibilityfather«7475767778798081828384»
