No one tape her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way,

Respect is tendered with pleasure only where it is not exacted.

I believe the artist has an obligation to society.

It is easier to set a limit for yourself, but if you do so you will never reach your true potential. You have an obligation to live up to your potential.

We are doing all we can to fulfill this obligation regardless of the pressure and additional deadlines.

We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back.

Anger was washed away in the river along with any obligation.

When I went to school – Pasadena Playhouse – we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

A blanket would be a great surface to print my new book on, so you could read it in bed while you’re having boring, obligatory sex with your spouse, who’s as dry and exciting as...

He used to say that he never felt the hardness of the human struggle or the sadness of history as he felt it among those ruins. He used to say, too, that it made one...

Using nuclear technology is an obligation and a national demand; any going back in the nuclear field is the same as losing the country’s independence, which will have a very high price.

(Iran’s) obligation (to the IAEA) is to ensure inspections occur and that all of their programs are monitored, but not necessarily suspended.

We consider this our moral and ethical obligation.

I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied, you should be working.

People need to know what kind of economic conditions will ensue for their businesses. The BOJ has the obligation to explain policy clearly.

In the First Amendment, people have the right to petition the government. That is a constitutional right and we take that obligation very seriously.

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 —...

Commitment is a curse if it interferes with righteousness.

The Road Runner divestiture is an obligation we always assumed we would face, and the decree proposes both a schedule and process that are fair and feasible.

Andy Griffith certainly didn’t need a gun. By his presence, he was a reminder that we all have an obligation to follow the law. In Mayberry, that certainly did the trick.