Quotes about Responsibility
But sins must not be overlooked simply because the sinner is skilled.
— Margaret Atwood
Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.
— Margaret Atwood
Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and can be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.
— Margaret Atwood
Sorry solves nothing.
— Margaret Atwood
Some called it Eve's curse but she thought that was stupid, and the real curse of Eve was having to put up with the nonsense of Adam, who as soon as there was any trouble, blamed it all on her.
— Margaret Atwood
but they mean well, I remind myself. Is that ever a convincing excuse when there's blood on the carpet?
— Margaret Atwood
But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you've made it this far, please remember: you will never be subjected to the temptation of feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman.
— Margaret Atwood
It was also shameful: when a shameful thing is done to you, the shamefulness rubs off on you. You feel dirtied.
— Margaret Atwood
What confronts us, now the excitement's over, is our own failure.
— Margaret Atwood
You can't lead if no one will follow.
— Margaret Atwood
We're ankle deep in blood, and all because we ate the birds, we ate them a long time ago, when we still had the power to say no.
— Margaret Atwood
The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us.
— Margaret Atwood