Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't, — Dave Hickey
The indictment knocked me on the head. First of all, I hand no idea at all about 90 per cent of the accusations in it.… — Alfred Jodl
We have one set of obligations to the world in general, and we have other sets, never to be reconciled, to our fellow-country men, to… — Michael Frayn
When the Reich could no longer pay its obligations, Germany would go bankrupt. — Edwin Black
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected… — Alan Parsons
You do what you want to for Passion, you do what you have to for Obligation. — Christine Caine
It only says 'Leave' if you have no identification with yourself as a citizen of this country and you feel you have no obligation to… — Randy Cohen
What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely contentious boards that regard dissent… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce myself. There's so much to… — Peter Greenaway
While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there… — George Combe
The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And… — Lysander Spooner
I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
We enter solitude, in which also we lose loneliness. True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner… — Wendell Berry
We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we are already tired… — Neil Gaiman
I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead… — John Taylor Gatto
I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not… — Jon Foreman
Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. — Melissa Rosenberg
Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy for sale's sake,… — Chuck D
But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh — Bob Newhart
We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are. — Mark Nepo
Our thoughts and actions must in no way be determined by the approval or disapproval of our time, but by the binding obligation to a… — Adolf Hitler
A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but if you're asked… — Kristen Wiig
So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up… — Erwin McManus
Im a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so Im never… — Frank Abagnale
It's time for the Americans to say they're going to live up to their obligations and return the dollars that have been illegally taken from… — Gordon Campbell

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