“... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.” KindLastsValuesPoliticsSocialFamilyPovertyCrimeYouthBuildingCrisisBlameBreakdownDarwinismFamily ValuesSocial Darwinism Author:Stephanie Coontz
“The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.” MenFactsGuySexBuildingAngerBlameGood ManNaziBad GuysBuilding Up Author:Dave Thomas
“Brother dear,” I said, “did your soul leave your body while Amos was talking, or did you actually hear him? Egyptian gods real. Red Lord bad. Red Lord’s birthday: very soon, very bad. House of Life: fussy magicians who hate our family because dad was a bit of a rebel, whom you could take a lesson from. Which leaves us—just us—with Dad missing, an evil god about to destroy the world, and an uncle who just jumped off the building—and I can’t actually blame him.” I took a breath. [Yes, Carter, I do have to breathe occasionally.]” WorldSaidI CanRealSoulBodyHateEvilHouseBitsTalkingLordMissingBuildingBrotherDadLessonsRedBreathsBlameDearBreatheYour BodyYour SoulOur FamilyRebelUnclesMagicianCarterEgyptianFussyEvil God Author:Rick Riordan
“In the United States we have concentrated tremendous sums of money on the educational plant, seemingly with the idea that the right number of buildings will turn out the right number of graduates. Yet the teachers who actually instruct the future citizens of our country are more often than not miserably paid. If in the future we find ourselves with a lot of fourth-rate citizens, we have only ourselves to blame.” IfsIdeasCountryStatesTurnsUnitedNumbersUnited StatesTeacherBuildingCitizensPaidBlamePlantRateEducationalOur CountryGraduatesFourth Book:Education of a Wandering Man Source: Education of a Wandering Man
“Architecture is particularly difficult for women; there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male.” ThinkingMenWantLongReasonDifficultBuildingIndustryLong TimeBlameMalesArchitectureNo ReasonClientsBlame Me Author:Zaha Hadid
“We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab villages, Jewish villages were established. You even do not know the names of those villages, and I do not blame you because these villages no longer exist. There is not a single Jewish settlement that was not established in the place of a former Arab Village.” KnowsCountryStatesNamesBuildingBlameFormerVillageHebrewSettlement Author:Moshe Dayan
“Oklahoma City bombing was done on purpose. Did you know the Federal Government blew up their own building to blame it on the militias and to get rid of some people that weren't cooperating with the system?” PeopleKnowsDoneGovernmentPurposeCitiesBuildingBlameFederal GovernmentBombingDid You KnowMilitiaOklahomaCooperatingOklahoma City Author:Kent Hovind
“We are sad at home and blame the weather and the ugliness of the buildings, but on the tropical island we learn that the state of the skies and the appearance of our dwellings can never on their own underwrite our joy nor condemn us to misery.” StatesHomeJoySkyBuildingBlameMiseryAppearanceWeatherIslandsUglinessDwellingTropicalTropical Islands Author:Alain de Botton