Responsible Quotes

1858 Responsible quotes by 1403 unique authors

[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true friends; be responsible for yourself and ask nothing of others;… — Dean Koontz
He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity. — Terry Pratchett
Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as mere abstract profit… — Michel Foucault
A man is responsible for his ignorance. — Milan Kundera
The "stiff, dead, retracted pelvis" is one of man's most frequent vegetative disturbances. It is responsible for lumbago as well as for hemorrhoidal disturbances. Elsewhere,… — Wilhelm Reich
The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that… — Robin McKinley
Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child confesses the truth,… — Henry Cloud
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the… — Arundhati Roy
Her hands quieted. "Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs it is the… — Jodi Picoult
. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even… — Candace Bushnell
When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood evaporated when I… — Bret Easton Ellis
Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder… — Andrew Sullivan
I am probably responsible for the odd fact that people don't seem to name their daughters Lolita any more. I have heard of young female… — Vladimir Nabokov
...I had to point at Hanna. But the finger I pointed at her turned back to me. I had loved her. I tried to tell… — Bernhard Schlink
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should therefore leave off… — William James
Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the… — Jonathan Safran Foer
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and… — Robert A. Heinlein
If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end. — Adrienne Rich
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… — Marianne Williamson
Is it a democratic society that condemns people to the accident of conception? What are we-monkeys? If you expect people to be responsible for their… — John Irving
Few are guilty, but all are responsible. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and… — Thomas Merton
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than… — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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