- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blame Quotes
Most Famous Blame Quotes of All Time!
Blame plays out in different settings across these quotes, from funding disputes in government to a workplace dynamic where one person gets credit when things go well but takes the fall when they don't. Read more on Conflict and how it builds.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I praise loudly. I blame softly.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone was born the way she was born, are you going to blame him, or are you going to blame God? Whose fault is that? Nobody's.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Weird
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- Nov 07, 2020
Golf's weird because it's individual, and there's nobody to blame but yourself, but then, golfers also have this it's-everybody-else's-fault thing where you don't take ownership.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've rarely talked about Obama's share of the blame for the rise of the alt-right and Gamergate.
- Nov 07, 2020
Too often, it's the Washington way to hide, point fingers, and try to place blame on someone else.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.
Other quotes turn blame inward, tracing it back to insecurity and the need for a protective facade at a young age. For related themes, see Guilt and Regret quotes.