“We can't blame the entire Muslim society because of the mischievous acts of a few individuals. Therefore, at the general public level we must cultivate the notion of not just one religion, one truth, but pluralism and many truths. We can change the atmosphere, and we can modify certain ways of thinking.” ThinkingWayCertainIndividualLevelsBlameNotionAtmosphereJust OneWay Of ThinkingGeneral PublicPluralismMischievous Author:Dalai Lama
“In attempting to explain F For Fake's state-side failure, it has occurred to me that perhaps the subject matter was at least partially to blame, and that this country is so blissfully enslaved by the notion of the special sanctity of the expert that an overtly anti-expert film was bound to go too much against the national grain.” CountryMatterStatesFilmSidesToo MuchSpecialSubjectsBlameNotionBoundsFakeExpertsGrainAttemptingSubject MatterSanctity Author:Orson Welles
“Hollywood is still the cradle of many myths, including the one of eternal youth. I find it odd that the very notion of desire, when applied to a woman over 40, is turned into a pathology or a mockery in a number of films. But Hollywood is not the only place to blame, by far. This is just a rendition, possibly magnified by the power of movies, of a general state of things, social, cultural and political.” StillsStatesFilmPoliticalDesireSocialNumbersYouthEternalHollywoodBlameNotionIncludingMythOddCradleMockeryPathologyEternal Youth Author:Anne Fontaine
“The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. Its evil effects must be plain enough to everyone. All it accomplishes is (a) to throw a veil of sanctity about ideas that violate every intellectual decency, and (b) to make every theologian a sort of chartered libertine. No doubt it is mainly to blame for the appalling slowness with which really sound notions make their way in the world.” WorldWayShouldIdeasEnoughAgeEvilSocialSoundReligiousOpinionDoubtEffectsIntellectualBlameNotionAccomplishCuriousNo DoubtConventionsVeilsTheologianDecencySanctitySlownessLibertine Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“On the question of taking credit for what goes right and blame for what goes wrong - having led the Conservative party for four years, I have never heard of this notion before.” YearsPartyFourHeardBlameNotionConservativeCreditFour YearsConservative Party Author:William Hague
“I had hated these ponies for the part they played in my father's death but now I realized the notion was fanciful, that it was wrong to charge blame to these pretty beasts who knew neither good nor evil but only innocence. I say that of these ponies. I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful. Who has not seen Satan in their sly faces? Some preachers will say, well, that is superstitious "claptrap." My answer is this: Preacher, go to your Bible and read Luke 8: 26-33” BelieveWellsHeartFacesEvilFatherI BelieveAnswersKnownCatHorseBlameNotionI RealizedInnocenceHatedSatanBeastWickedPreacherPigsLukeSuperstitiousSlyPonies Book:True Grit Source: True Grit
“We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we're in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back from the present. That now is the creative point of life. So you see it's like the idea of forgiving somebody, you change the meaning of the past by doing that...Also, watch the flow of music. The melody as its expressed is changed by notes that come later. Just as the meaning of a sentence...you wait till later to find out what the sentence means...The present is always changing the past.” ThinkingKindMeanIdeasPastFormWaitingSituationWatchesCreativeChangedFlowBlameForgivingNotesNotionSentencesAbandonMelodyReverse Author:Alan Watts
“No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress. It is also a first step in our attempt to find the principles implicit in familiar observational notions.” FirstsMayFactsScienceStepsPrinciplesProgressTheoryAgreeBlameNotionProofFamiliarIdeologyFirst StepsDomainClashImplicit Book:Against Method Source: Against Method