Top 1200 Privilege And Responsibility Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth.

Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine.

The Trudie Styler that is spoken of is extremely privileged in life and feels that privilege.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

It's an amazing privilege to perform for an audience paying to hear the music that you've recorded.

I like all the types of supposed work that I do. It's a privilege: I can't believe I get paid for it.

I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point.

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

Yes, just by the nature of the colour of my skin, I was born with privilege. And it is unfair.

Advertising is tax deductible, so we all pay for the privilege of being manipulated and controlled.

I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years.

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit

At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.

I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the weight of the world by myself alone without help, engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant.

Most filmmakers, if not all, come from a place of privilege, if only because of the expense.

The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is he’s given the freedom to starve anywhere.

Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

Anytime you adapt work of somebody who you respect, as much as I respect him, it's an enormous responsibility. In honoring that responsibility, what we try to do is to continually use his work, and the writing that he did about his life and his work, as our guide. That starts with his intent for what he was trying to express when he wrote it, and it extends to his intent overall.

In GENESIS, my camera allowed nature to speak to me. And it was my privilege to listen.

I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column.

It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.

Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind.

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

Serving in the United States Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life.

If you're just mired in privilege, there's nothing to learn; learning appears to be over.

All I could think of was what a privilege it was to give my life away for love's sake.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

I am very proud to be playing for Milan. It's always a privilege for me.

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country.

Speaking as one who has abused privilege a long time, I tell you, it's great to be alive.

You can generate a phenomenal relationship with an audience. It's very gratifying, a real privilege.

It's the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.

On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective responsibility to confront anti-Semitism, prejudice, and intolerance across the world. On this Yom Hashoah, we must accept the full responsibility of remembrance, as nations and as individuals-not simply to pledge "never again," but to commit ourselves to the understanding, empathy and compassion that is the foundation of peace and human dignity.

People don't give up power and privilege out of the goodness of their hearts.

I've never looked at my job as pressure. It's always been fun, a privilege.

It's a privilege to be a football manager, even when you've been beaten or you're bottom of the table.

It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.

But responsibility likewise falls on the legislators who have promoted and approved abortion laws, and, to the extent that they have a say in the matter, on the administrators of the health-care centers where abortions are performed. In this sense abortion goes beyond the responsibility of individuals and beyond the harm done to them, and takes on a distinctly social dimension. It is a most serious wound inflicted on society and its culture by the very people who ought to be societys promoters and defenders.

Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.

Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.

It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart.

Being a woman means that my male privilege seeped out of my body.

Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege.

I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

Acting is a privilege, and I'm exceedingly blessed to be able to do what I do. At the end of the day, it's all entertainment.

I've had the privilege of having a lot of amazing people cook for me.

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually.

Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.

If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent.

I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it.

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.

A lofty sense of independence is, in man, the best privilege of his nature.