David O. Selznick Quotes

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

With great power goes great responsibility.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

I say that I've never been late with a manuscript, but I don't mean to be arrogant; it's that I simply want to get it done as soon as possible so I can be set free.

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

What do you expect me to do about it?

It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.