Professional Obligation Quotes

I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty - whatever my personal misgivings - to stick by him.

I made the decision when I was promoted to colonel that I would no longer vote in national elections because I feel that its my job to serve the Commander in Chief.

Police officers and firefighters simply have no right to recuse themselves from having to protect persons of whose activities they disapprove for religious (or any other) reasons

What we need is congressional action to establish a federal principle of fiduciary duty - encapsulated by the phrase 'no man can serve two masters.'

We can't thank Dave enough. He could call me if my wife was about to have a baby and tell me he needed tonight for his show and I'd find some way to get her to let me head to New York.

I don't see myself as an artist, as a writer. The sort of writing that I do, which is popular fiction, it's work. I have contracts to fulfil, and I have deadlines to meet.

Songwriting is what I do, and there could be worse burdens to carry.

I don’t like the death penalty but it was the law in Ohio. Therefore as a prosecutor I sought the death penalty and as a judge I imposed the death penalty. It was the law and you have to obey the law.

A fiduciary standard means, basically, put the interests of the client first. No excuses. Period.

I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

When I feel that burden of representation in public spaces, it helps to recognize that it's a duty - a job, really. As with any job that you want to do well, you have to ensure that first and foremost you are energized and in the right head space to take on that task.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

I have even shaken hands with Mr. [William Randolph] Hearst. A man who is in politics is required to shake hands with almost everybody without requiring a certificate of character.

There are very few professions in which people just sit down and think hard for five or six hours a day all by themselves. Of course it's why you want to become a writer — because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

I can't miss a night's work and let my public down.

Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.

Your primary job is to be a football player, and you've got to accomplish that task before you go out and do anything else, really.

I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.

Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.

I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft.

Leicester has been as good for me as I have been for them so I wouldn't want to leave the club, but if it ever comes to it then I guess I will have to.

They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills.

There's plenty of people I don't like that we put fights on with. It's not up to me whether I like them or dislike them, it's what the fans want to see.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.