Phyllis McGinley Quotes

I'm super down with being irresponsible. I'm just trying to make sure my lack of responsibility no longer hurts people.

I hate when people don't keep their word or they are late. Tardiness is a big pet peeve of mine.

I've been acting professionally since I was 15 years old, and after a while, you get really tired of people telling you one thing and then doing another.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

I think probably the one trait that would concern me about brother Bing would be his lack of responsibility.

I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.

Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.

I had no plans to become a responsible person.

I am not a responsible person.

I personally do not believe I'm irresponsible.

Promise is the capacity for letting people down.

A boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet.

I was a little drunk. Not drunk in any positive sense but just enough to be careless.

I am the worst at keeping secrets. I am the kind of person that the second I buy someone a Christmas present, I tell them what I bought them. I don't wait until Christmas. I'm not good at it.

I don't trust you with my shoe; I wouldn't trust you with an old pair of socks.

What do you want to avoid? Such an easy answer: sloth and unreliability. If you're unreliable it doesn't matter what your virtues are. You're going to crater immediately. Doing what you have faithfully engaged to do should be an automatic part of your conduct. You want to avoid sloth and unreliability.

Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all that thay did was interfere, more than ever before. And when they were needed, they weren't to be found.

If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results.

We make every effort to see that our actions live up to our words and be vigilant with regards to our behavior.

Basically all I've done is keep my promise.

Be careful, though." "Aren't I always?" "No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless.

I stand by what I write and follow through on what I write.

Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing.

To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill.