Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.

Songs, a while ago, became the medium through which I process most of the information that I receive and feel. But I go back and forth about whether this is all of life or whether you're missing...

I know if I do something wrong, it's going to be all over the news.

My father instilled in me to take care of my family. Show up even when you don't want to show up.

It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.

My mom sent me money for a car, but the cops impounded it because I had no insurance.

If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that...

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so...

I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty I woke and found that life was Duty.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

It is healthier in any case to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's "mature" critics often are.

The legacy we leave behind should be better than the legacy we inherited.

You are not responsible for the reader, you're only responsible for what you are writing.

Not my species, not my problem.

Educating the child is everybody's business.

True purpose dies when true people who are supposed to keep it alive fail to give it life

It will always depend on you, the choices you make and the actions you take.

The beginning of wisdom starts from persistently living up to your responsibilities in life, despite your circumstances.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

Being a good parent is not an obligation, it is a choice. Plenty of people fall short in the parent category and quite a few refuse to accept it. You will do a much better job if you understand that...

A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.

I know, I know. I rescued him and he's bonded to me like a baby duck.

You can't improve what you won't face and own.

you are responsible for you own happiness

Your patriotism is not measured by what your country can do for you. It's all about what you can do for your country for your own benefit and for the benefit of unborn generations!

Pastor, Face Your Business. When people say this, they mean that I must just stay behind the pulpit and preach.

Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one's cues.

When there is no owner, there will be an abuser.