Emma Bonino Quotes

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

I've been criticized for the things I chose and things I've chosen to do.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

I liked being a minor because you can't get into trouble. Now I just have to try and behave myself.

You have to make your choice and live with your choice.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to make the further step, a change of loyalties.

I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end.

I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

You're never as ready as you think you are. You're never as ready as you need to be.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

I said no to Aston Villa because I was not ready. I said yes to Cardiff because I felt ready. But I was not.

This record was kind of, like, innocent. It's called 'The Innocents.' So it's the concept of being young enough to not really understand the implications of your decisions and then kind of feeling the weight later and being, like, but I was innocent. Like, did I deserve this?

When I was 18 or 19, I would come into training, and I'd be the last in and first out. I was one of those that took everything for granted, and I'm honest about that now.