- Lead
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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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- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't invent the fear of sharks; it's as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Showing your life so public is a mistake sometimes, but I blame myself as much as anyone else.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't blame it on the Hell's Angels. I blame it on the people who were there.
- Different Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
People blame the 1960s for just about everything these days, but it was the decade when all that post-war furtiveness and small-mindedness was finally blown open, and opportunity really came knocking.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to organise unapologetically anti-racist campaigns in our communities, ones that emphasise the fact that the blame for social ills lies with the powerful.
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.