- People
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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.
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- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle: that's where you've gotta look because that's what got you into this mess.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over and over. For a while, I did. But the truth is that I knew what I was doing. I was enjoying myself. I was making money.
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids are the ultimate trump card: a way to get out of co-op board meetings or lunch with a friend you don't want to see or your brother-in-law's set at a comedy club. It's fair to use your kids as an excuse to sidestep what you don't want to do; it's less fair to blame them for not being able to achieve what you do want to do.
- Guilt
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- Nov 07, 2020
I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is to blame for everything.
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.