Blame Quotes - page 2

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. (J. Michael Straczynski)
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently? View quote
Amy Tan
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. View quote
Anita Brookner
I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds. View quote
Joan Rivers
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. View quote
Oscar Wilde
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. View quote
Joe Strummer
Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos. View quote
Douglas Coupland
I lived in a plenty tough neighborhood. When somebody called me a 'dirty little Guinea', there was only one thing to do-break his head. When I got older, I realized that you shouldn't do it that way. I realized that you've got to do it through education. Children are not to blame. It is the parents. How can a child know whether his playmate is an Italian, a Jew or Irish, unless the parents have discussed it in the privacy of their homes. View quote
Frank Sinatra
A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. View quote
William Wordsworth
People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it. (Anna Quindlen)
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change. View quote
Katharine Hepburn
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty. View quote
Rainer Maria Rilke
Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for 'the average programmer', you must not fall into the trap of rejecting a surgical technique because it is beyond the capabilities of the barber in his shop around the corner. View quote
Edsger W. Dijkstra
It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature. View quote
Christopher Morley
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. View quote
John Burroughs
Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost. View quote
Anna Freud
Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of. View quote
Paul Arden
You can't blame a match for a house made of straw. View quote
Scott Westerfeld
Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings. (Louis L'Amour)
I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion. View quote
Darren Aronofsky
The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education. View quote
Alphonso Jackson
I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself. View quote
Anita Hill
The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them. View quote
Fred Savage