“Virtue also depends on ourselves. And so also does vice. For where we are free to act we are also free to refrain from acting, and where we are able to say No we are also able to say Yes; if therefore we are responsible for doing a thing when to do it right, we are also responsible for not doing it when not to do it is wrong, and if we are responsible for rightly not doing a thing, we are also responsible for wrongly doing it.” IfsDoeAbleActingMoralVirtueDependsResponsibleVicesRefrain Book:The Nicomachean ethics Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.” IfsWantRegretDependsResponsibleEditorsPublishingRest Of Your Life Author:Robert Stone
“Politically, the world economy really depends on consultants. Because it's also, in a way, an outsourcing of responsibility. They can say, "Yeah, they told us to do that," and the consultant says, "Yeah, but I'm just a consultant," and nobody's responsible anymore.” WorldWayResponsibilityEconomyDependsResponsibleYeahConsultantsWorld EconomyOutsourcing Author:Maren Ade
“Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.” PeopleMaterialsDependsResponsibleStressedBeing ResponsibleMaterial ThingsNonsensicalStressed Out Author:Eartha Kitt