Obligations Quotes

295 Obligations quotes by 253 unique authors

Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship. — Sarah Vowell
I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when… — Saul Bellow
Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you… — Jennifer Weiner
Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like… — Colum McCann
I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations. — Charlotte Bronte
I am living in the Google years, no question of that. And there are advantages to it. When you forget something, you can whip out… — Nora Ephron
Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus; that whoever makes… — Jonathan Swift
We compromise ourselves the day we are born. If we are looking for the original sin, there it is- our incapacity to live honestly with… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another… — Wallace Stegner
Several months later, and I have finally read one of the three (books), even though I wanted to read all three of them immediately. What… — Nick Hornby
The American president increasingly used his influence to create conflicts, intensify existing conflicts, and, above all, to keep conflicts from being resolved peacefully. For years… — Adolf Hitler
What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of disappointing others. — Alain de Botton
Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are… — Judith McNaught
[Friendship] is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in marriage or the family, it is… — Wallace Stegner
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations. — Dennis Prager
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We never want to… — Warren Buffett
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. — Ulysses S. Grant
What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people… — Joe Paterno
Construction of the first gas pipeline system was started during the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, and for all those years, from… — Vladimir Putin
I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home. — Waris Ahluwalia
My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. — Thomas Steinbeck
A default on our debts as a result of not meeting our obligations would be a disaster for the stock market, and Americans would see… — Charles B. Rangel
The main bone of contention is whether Islamic injunctions are legal or moral categories. When Muslims say Islam commands daily prayers or bans alcohol, are… — Mustafa Akyol
We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution:… — Thomas Pogge
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence… — Noam Chomsky

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