119 Movie Quotes about Responsibility (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about responsibility, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

51 Naturally, I can't discharge this man. That's up to you, but you asked for my opinion, and I've given it to you. So, when he exhibits his latent maniacal tendencies, which I assure you he will, please realize the responsibility is completely yours.

Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

52 You hand-picked him? I guess that makes you kind of responsible.

Eddie Murphy as Vernest "Quick" Brown in Harlem Nights

53 I know you think I'm bein' hard on you. What the hell. I guess I'm tryin' to teach you some responsibility.

Shawn Wayans as Ashtray in Don't Be a Menace

54 You should take better care of him, Catwoman. After all, pets are a responsibility.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

55 Sorry for yelling. But I'm serious. We gotta start being more responsible and focused. All right? Let's be sharp.

Dave Chappelle as Thurgood Jenkins in Half Baked

56 That's all you have to say? -What else? I wish, for your sake as well as mine, I had an explanation, but, unfortunately, I've none.

Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

57 That's all right when you're a kid, because, well, every kid has the right to be a kid, but not tonight. Not tonight. Tonight, you've got to be a grown-up.

James Franciscus as Mike Longstreet in Longstreet

58 Little rough on him, weren't you? When you take on the duties of a surrogate father, you take on a lot of responsibility. I know.

Lee Van Cleef as John Peter McAllister in The Master (1984)

59 We have mortgage payments, Truman. We have car payments. What, we're just going to walk away from our financial obligations? -It would be an adventure.

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank; Laura Linney as Meryl Burbank in The Truman Show

60 Now don't, I say, don't give me no lip, son. You gotta stick by your bargain. I'd do the same.

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts