“The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn’t have. It’s very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that’s going wrong in society.” ThinkingWayBelieveI BelieveMediaTelevisionBlameAttributesConvenient Author:Michael Pollan
“Lustful Desire (although 'twere rather fit To some brute creature to attribute it) Shall be presented in the second place, Because it shrouds a vile deformed face Beneath love's vizard, and assumes that name, Hiding its own fault with the other's blame.” FacesDesireNamesFitCreaturesBlameAssumingFaultsLustHidingAttributesBrutesSecond PlaceShroudsLustful Book:Poems ... Source: Poems ...
“When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to our own principles. An uninstructed person will lay the fault of his own bad condition upon others. Someone just starting instruction will lay the fault on himself. Some who is perfectly instructed will place blame neither on others nor on himself.” PersonsPrinciplesConditionsBlameLaysFaultsStartingAttributesInstructionDisturbed Author:Epictetus
“You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.” IfsThinkingResponsibilityConscienceBlameValuableAttributesScopeMake You Think Author:Philip Roth
“Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy.” BlameMalesHip HopHumbleRapQueensRebelAttributesRapperPatriarchyStatus QuoDominanceTestosteroneHumble BeginningsMale Dominance Author:Chuck D
“What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises.” ProblemGuyDressesBlameSurpriseSorryLovelyHatedAttributesScarves Author:Audrey Meadows