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Blame Quotes

"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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"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."

"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

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"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"

"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Blame, Regret, Power, Truth, Today

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"It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes."

"It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Blame, Mistakes

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"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

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"Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?"

"Are we to say that any individual who's on steroids that has an angry moment is due to steroids? What about the individual who gets angry and kills someone who's not on steroids? What do we blame it on now?"

Jose Canseco, Cuban Athlete

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

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

Don Marquis, American Poet

Blame, Luxury, Right, Self

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"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

Phil Silvers, American Actor

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"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Blame, Evil, Illness, Victims

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"Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant."

"Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant."

Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer

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"In short, Luck's always to blame."

"In short, Luck's always to blame."

Jean De La Fontaine, French Poet

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"The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it."

"The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it."

Dido Armstrong, British Musician

Blame, Direction

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"When your future arrives, will you blame your past?"

"When your future arrives, will you blame your past?"

Robert Half, American Businessman

Blame, Future, Past, Will

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"I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues."

"I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues."

Peter Garrett, Australian Musician

Blame, Choice, Parents

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"Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

"Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame."

Umberto Eco, Italian Novelist

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"Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost."

"Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost."

Anna Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Blame, Children

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"I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure."

"I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure."

Kathleen Parker, American Journalist

Blame, Credit, Events

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"Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought."

"Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought."

Dwight Morrow, American Businessman

Blame, Credit, Opponents, Party

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"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

Blame, Computer

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"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

William Gilmore Simms, American Novelist

Blame, Criticism, Praise

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"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."

"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

Blame, Doubt, Instinct, Man

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"Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,but only your need for someone to blame."

"Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,but only your need for someone to blame."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Blame, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere."

"A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere."

Allan Carr, British Director

Blame, Comedians, Will, Wrong

"If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."

"If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Blame, Love, Fault, Responsibility, Emotion

"When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?"

"When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?"

Bob Dylan, American Musician

"In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame."

"In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Blame, Future, Past, Republican

"It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame."

"It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

"You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems."

"You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Blame, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."

"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."

Stephen King, American Author

Blame, Truth, Power, Regret, Wisdom

"The devil is the reason for all the problems we have in the society."

"The devil is the reason for all the problems we have in the society."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Blame, Devil, Problems, Society, Spirituality

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