“It's about the girlfriend who left me last year. I tried to put all my anger in those words, even though I'm just as much to blame for the break-up. 'Soma' is based on the idea that a love relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security. Very deceivable.” GivingYearsIdeasLastsLeftSleepBreakSecurityIllusionBlameGirlfriendLast YearLove RelationshipOpiumSoma Author:Billy Corgan
“They fight so much for two reasons. One is they don't want to be blamed for breaking the spending caps. And secondly, they don't want to be blamed for spending the Social Security surplus on non-Social Security problems.” WantTwoReasonProblemFightingSocialSecurityBlameSpendingSocial SecurityCapsSurplus Author:Robert Reischauer
“You can't blame the administration and the Republicans for taking us back to deficits, for spending the Social Security surplus and assaulting the environment. That's what they promised to do in the last election.” LastsSocialEnvironmentSecurityRepublicanElectionBlameSpendingAdministrationSocial SecurityDeficitSurplus Author:William J. Clinton
“Shh!" the guy beside me hissed again. "Blame him," I told the guy, pointing at Patch. The guy craned his neck back. "Listen," he said, facing me again. "If you don't quiet down, I'll get security." "Fine, go get security. Tell them to take him away," I said, again signaling Patch. "Tell them he wants to kill me." "I want to kill you," hissed the guy's girlfriend.” IfsWantSaidGuySecurityFineQuietBlameGirlfriendNecksPointingKill MePatchesShh Author:Becca Fitzpatrick
“If many of our young people have lost the excitement of the early settlers, who had a country to explore and develop, it is because no one remembers to tell them that the world has never been so challenging, so exciting... Perhaps the older generation is often to blame with its cautious warning: “Take a job that will give you security, not adventure.” But I say to the young: “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, and imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldGivingCountryJobsRememberYoungLostChallengesGenerationsSecurityAdventureExcitingBlameExcitementWarningCompetenceCautiousSettlersOlder Generation Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.” WellsSecurityPerfectionBlameMemorableMetalsAirportsAurasSainthoodAirport SecurityMetal Detectors Author:William Faulkner
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'” PeopleMeanSpeakLossPathWonderfulSecurityBlameEaseExpensesRomeMore MoneyHailForumsIndustriousProcession Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Singer Boy Dylan was stopped at his own sow by security guards who failed to recognize the singer. Asked to comment, Dylan replied, 'I can hardly blame them. Look at me.'” LooksI CanBoysSecurityBlameSingersCommentLook At MeDylanSecurity Guards Author:Craig Kilborn