People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is the absence of responsibility that is harder to bear. You have a great feeling of impotence.

Quote by Henry Kissinger

Topics: Absence Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you...

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would...

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would...

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think...

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

Please don't ask me to feel an emotion I am incapable of feeling for you.

Please don't ask me to feel an emotion I am incapable of feeling for you.