Graham Joyce Quotes

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.

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

This government can't afford two drunkards. You've got to stop.

If someone has it inside them to commit an act, then that act would be committed anyway. It's very easy for someone to place the blame on something other than the person who committed the act. It's people looking for scapegoats, you know?

I could never afford to be in a position where I could do something stupid, so I gave up drinking.

Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink. And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the same sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

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

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

In dreams begins responsibility.

You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

I think people have to take responsibility for their own 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.

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.

I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.

If you're going to break the rules, you have to live with the consequences.

I'm not immune to disciplinary problems and it's up to me to make strong choices. It's my responsibility.

As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

I don't want to mess up my life. You only get one shot. I don't want to let my fans or anybody else down. So, I always think before I act. And as long as I do that, I'll be okay.

We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.

There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.

There is nothing an addict likes more, or that serves as better pretext for continuing his present way of life, than to place the weight of responsibility for his situation somewhere other than on his own decisions.

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

A first impulse was never a crime.