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"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 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."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

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"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

"I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Blame, Guilt, Husbands, Unhappiness

30

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."

"I praise loudly. I blame softly."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

23

"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."

"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."

Saskya Pandita, Tibetan Leader

Blame, Man, Praise

21

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Blame, Secrets, Trees, Wind

20

"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."

"Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Blame, Books, Geography, Names

19

"What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture."

"What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Blame, Culture, Praise, World

13

"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"

"I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?"

Michael Lewis, American Author

11

"Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this."

"Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this."

Warren Rudman, American Politician

Blame, Congress, Risk, Washington

7

"Neither blame or praise yourself."

"Neither blame or praise yourself."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

7

"It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president."

"It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

Blame, President, Republicans

6

"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."

"I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

6

"I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own."

"I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own."

Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet

Blame, Misfortune, Parents

6

"When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there."

"When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there."

Joe Strummer, English Musician

Blame, Cause, Fault, Nothing

6

"Luck's always to blame."

"Luck's always to blame."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

6

"Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed."

"Mark Winchester has left the band. He's decided that he's tired of the road and just wants to concentrate on his career in Nashville. I don't blame him at all. He'll certainly be missed."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

Blame, Career, Road

6

"I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me."

"I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me."

Leon Spinks, American Athlete

6

"Everyone's quick to blame the alien."

"Everyone's quick to blame the alien."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

6

"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."

"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."

Satchel Paige, American Athlete

Blame, Man, Praise

5

"Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive."

"Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

Blame, Marketing

5

"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."

"Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Blame, Body, Information, Network

5

"What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises."

"What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises."

Audrey Meadows, American Actress

Blame, Dress, Surprises

5

"It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry."

"It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry."

Nikolai Gogol, Russian Writer

5

"If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents."

"If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents."

Marcelene Cox, American Columnist

Blame, First, Parents, Succeed

5

"If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there."

"If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

Blame, Cause, Desire, Help

5

"When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys."

"When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

5

"I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame."

"I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame."

Randy Newman, American Comedian

Blame, Complaining, Songs

5

"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."

"The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

5

"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."

"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid."

Chastity Bono, American Celebrity

5

"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."

"I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment."

Delta Burke, American Actress

5

"I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."

"I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me."

David Wells, American Athlete

4

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

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

Angela Carter, English Novelist

4

"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."

"If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it."

Richard Le Gallienne, English Poet

Blame, Fathers, Mothers, Tragedy

4

"We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness."

"We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness."

Rachel Zoe, American Designer

4

"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Blame, Luxury, Right, Self

4

"When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful."

"When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful."

Don Larsen, American Athlete

4

"I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame."

"I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame."

Howard Coble, American Politician

Blame, Exercise, Fault, May

4

"My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself."

"My parents are really well intended, and I think their way of dealing with things is denial and guilt. Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself."

Teri Hatcher, American Actress

Blame, Denial, Guilt, Parents

4

"Oh! blame not the bard."

"Oh! blame not the bard."

Thomas More, English Author

4

"I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself."

"I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself."

Patrick McGoohan, American Actor

Blame, Rank, Years

4

"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures."

"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

Blame, Mistakes

4

"Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority."

"Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority."

Chaka Fattah, American Politician

Blame, Majority, Now, Republicans

4

"It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good."

"It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the Gershwins for taking it away. Of course, if they had gotten the original company to have done it, it would have been very good."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

Blame, Company, Opera

4

"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."

"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Blame, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

3

"Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame."

"Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

3

"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything."

"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything."

John Ralston Saul, Canadian Author

3

"Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that."

"Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

Blame, Drugs, Help, Now

3

"I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly."

"I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

Blame, Praise, Reward

3

"I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play."

"I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play."

Oscar Robertson, American Athlete

Blame, Court, Play, Want

3

"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."

"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Blame, Chaos, Sense

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