“Precision is, after all, not only a form of responsibility and a kind of pleasure, but an instrument of compassion. To be precise requires care, time, and attention to the person, place, or process being described.” KindPersonsCareFormProcessPleasureAttentionResponsibilityCompassionInstrumentsPrecisePrecision Book:Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies Source: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
“Speak not of guilt, speak not of responsibility. When the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners; when the senses shiver and shudder, it is only a fool and and an irreverent person that will keep his distance, who will not embrace the good cause, marching towards the conquest of pleasures and passions. All of morality's laws - poorly understood and applied - are nil and cannot stand even for a moment, when the Regiment of the Senses parades by, with music, and with banners.” PersonsMomentsLawPassionSpeakCausesPleasureResponsibilityFoolMoralityUnderstoodEmbraceDistanceGuiltSensesConquestParadesBannerShiverGood CausesIrreverent Author:C.P. Cavafy
“Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.” WellsHandsMightPainSoundPleasureResultsResponsibilityCommunicationScientistChiefsTherapyInjuryClapping Book:The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life Source: The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
“Once you walk off the set, if you're an actor, the rest isn't your responsibility, which I like a lot. I'm not responsible for the final product, which is why it's always a pleasure when you see it's in the hands of the people afterwards putting it together.” PeopleIfsHandsTogetherActorsWalksPleasureResponsibilityProductsResponsibleFinals Author:Justin Kirk
“To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.” FeelsMeanTogetherPleasureResponsibilityAudienceEnjoymentDuets Author:Andrea Bocelli
“Unless a woman has a decided pleasure and facility in teaching, an honest knowledge of everything she professes to impart, a liking for children, and, above all, a strong moral sense of her responsibility towards them, for her to attempt to enroll herself in the scholastic order is absolute profanation.” ChildrenOrderStrongPleasureResponsibilityMoralTeachingHonestDecidedAbsolutesFacilityImpartScholastics Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.” WantShouldDoeKidsJoyReadingFunPleasureResponsibilityDemandAncientStorytellingAwe Author:Natalie Babbitt