If you’re responsible, and you’re willing to take responsibility, we’ll give you a pass. – Susan Estrich
The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. – Stephen Covey
If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For only when a brand has defined itself and its core values can it identify causes or social responsibility initiatives that are in alignment with its authentic brand story. – Simon Mainwaring
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society. – Sonia Sotomayor
The last thing my father told me was: ‘On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don’t let me down.’ A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously. – Ziggy Marley
We must make the masses understand that we have a responsibility to care for our animals and that when things get messed up, it’s usually because human hands have caused it. – Tony Cardenas
I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money. – Zoe Saldana
Every American should have a say in the memorials we choose to build in our nation. Family members have a special responsibility. – Susan Eisenhower
Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that individual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it’s not up to par, it’s our fault, plain and simply. – Steve Jobs
You have to constantly work on your script if it needs it. You don’t accept, ‘Oh, I did a draft and…’ No, it’s your responsibility to work on the script as much as possible and make it better and better. – Whit Stillman
Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as those with responsibility for investigating such allegations and that any Church investigation should not take place until the investigation by the civil authorities has been completed. – Sean Brady
It’s Teach For America’s responsibility to ensure that all alumni know their voices are heard and valued, and to surface the range of opinion they represent. – Wendy Kopp
I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It’s like being the executor of their estate in some ways. – Vincent Piazza
We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. – Vladimir Putin
The Republican Party is either going to return to the party of fiscal responsibility and consistent conservative principles as it was under Ronald Reagan, or it will continue down the path of ‘sporadic moderation.’ – Todd Tiahrt
If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention. – William S. Burroughs
There’s a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it’s overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility. – William Shatner
As far as writing or directing a film, I’ve worked with enough people who have done that that I know it’s just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I’m just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have. – Zak Orth
I care about this state… and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we’re on the right track. – Steve Mariucci
Mankind’s feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life. – Tawakkol Karman
When people start yammering about artistic responsibility, artists become wary. The subtext of such talk is that the arts need to be regulated, which is to say censored. – Steve Erickson
In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility. – Terry Eagleton
I’m not a writer; I’m an actor. My job is to take whatever character I’m given and – especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone’s looking to what’s on television – to just try to give whatever character I’m playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can. – Samira Wiley
As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people who have that power also. – Wynton Marsalis