#responsible

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#doing #i #life #moment #next

Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers. ↗

— James Wolcott

#being #bill #catholic #children #collectors

And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#attacking #business #business opportunities #capital #deal

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous. ↗

— Kelsey Grammer

#actor #became #because #before #desire

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#enforcing #feet #fire #first #first of all

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#believe #bring #buddhists #build #christians

I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating. I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food. ↗

— Nicholas Stern

#am #ask #attitudes #carbon #change

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#kick #month #most #pants #person

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. ↗

— Franklin P. Adams

#days #good #good old days #memory #more

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. ↗

— Paul Berg

#approach #consensus #developing #discussion #effort