Quotes about onus (16 Quotes)


    Can the female juggle the family and the job at the same time The male president can do the job because the woman is watching things domestically, but can she balance a job like this and the family Why does she have to have the onus of having to take care of the family and the country too Or maybe the theme will be that the family is the country.


    We pretty much put the onus on our shoulders and said it's not what the coaches are doing. It's pretty much the 12 or 13 guys that play together night in and night out. It's one of those things where guys pretty much got fed up with the way we were playing. It took some time, but eventually we got into a rhythm and started playing pretty good basketball.

    I'm disappointed it happened the way it happened. It looked like an innocent play. It's a big hole in our lineup. I said from Day 1 of training camp the strength of our team was the defensive corps, both in terms of numbers and ability, but to lose two of them ... it's a big hole for our group. The onus is going to be on other people, it's an opportunity for other people.

    The onus of that task falls on the armed forces and the police force in East Timor and they haven't done a good job in recent times. It's important that they perform more effectively and do everything they can to stop the violence and move to disarm the two sides -- the paramilitaries and the pro-independence side,


    Every night, the last three games he's played, the onus has kind of been on the guys up front. We haven't scored enough goals to give him that support, and we also haven't done our part defensively.

    There's no accountability for the MTA right now, and there's a huge burden on the workers. Everyone shares the blame, but the MTA in my opinion bears most of the onus if there's a shutdown.

    Our goal is to attack the basket and put the onus on the referees to make the calls. We weren't hitting our jump shots outside, so we had to be effective some other way.





    Essentially what I see happening is everyone involved in the appointment and selection of senior executives is now much more aware. Sarbanes-Oxley the federal financial reporting law is putting a much greater onus on the board. Ethics becomes very important in the hiring process ... If they end up hiring a CEO to the extent of 'an Enron,' the board will be held responsible, too.

    I think that's where the problem starts - is that we have put the onus on women to protect themselves instead of teaching men and boys that this is inappropriate behavior. If you focus only on the women, then you're doing what is called victim-blaming - and saying, somehow it's your fault that you got raped, and you need to prevent it.

    I go to community meetings and everybody's jumping up and down, hollering at the police. He ain't the problem. ... We talk racism, we talk class. When do we put the onus on the community Why are you letting this stuff go on




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