Cliff Burton Quotes

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.

What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we don't serve people well.

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things?

It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.

Rationally speaking, blaming one's behavior on alcohol or drugs is like blaming the ladder by which you descended into a pit, or the staircase that took you down to a cellar, for what you found there.

If you don't live in the world of choosing, you live in the world of excusing.

Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own the effects of our actions, then clearly we own that which we produce, whether what we produce is a bow, or a book - or a murder.

I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.

I find it significant that, even though contemporary philosophy tends towards forms of determinism, in the wider culture people are deeply into naming, shaming and blaming each other. So we haven't lost that sense of conscience.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

No one is born evil; it's just the choices that they make.

An excuse is sometimes more ugly than guilt.

If I've done anything wrong, I believe it's his fault.

We have 40 million reasons for our failure but not one excuse.

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.