“The four Ways reflect a pervasive belief that life will be simple if we practice four basic principles: Show up or choose to be present, Pay attention to what has heart and meaning, Tell the truth without blame or judgment, and Be open, rather than attached to, the outcome.” IfsWayHeartShowsBeliefSimplePayAttentionPrinciplesPracticeFourJudgmentBlamePay AttentionOutcomesTelling The TruthBasic Principles Author:Angeles Arrien
“I'm a controversial artist, one who dares to have an opinion and bothers to create music and videos that challenge people's ideas in a world that is watered-down and hollow. In my work I examine the America we live in, and I've always tried to show people that the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don't expect the end of the world to come one day out of the blue – it's been happening every day for a long time.” PeopleWorldLongIdeasEndsShowsAmericaArtistChallengesOpinionOne DayLong TimeHappeningsDevilDown AndBlueBlameDareVideoBotherEnd Of The WorldHollowControversialAtrocities Author:Marilyn Manson
“Losing ... really does say something about who you are. Among other things it measures are: do you blame others, or do you own the loss? Do you analyze your failure, or just complain about bad luck? If you're willing to examine failure, and to look not just at your outward physical performance, but your internal workings, too, losing can be valuable. How you behave in those moments can perhaps be more self-defining than winning could ever be. Sometimes losing shows you for who you really are.” IfsLooksDoeSelfSometimesMomentsShowsWinningLossWillingLosingPerformancesBlameLuckWho You AreValuableComplainingBehaveInternalsDefiningBad Luck Author:Lance Armstrong
“I chose not to jump into the media frenzy and defend myself, though I was begged to be on every single TV show in existence. They want to blame entertainment? Isn't religion the first real entertainment? People dress up in costumes, sing songs and dedicate themselves in eternal fandom.” PeopleWantFirstsRealShowsSongExistenceAtheismMediaTvsEternalDressesBlameEntertainmentPositive AtheismTv ShowsCostumesFrenzyFandoms Author:Marilyn Manson
“How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't his own fault at all.... Hardly one loser has the manliness to say frankly, "I was wrong.” ShowsIndividualLostBlameFaultsTongueExplanationMisfortunesLoserSpeculationManlinessLost Money Author:B. C. Forbes
“Every time I got drunk, this girl named Nikki would show up. When I got drunk, I was just a different person. This is a totally different person than Lisa. When these two started to battle it out, I had to create a third person to come in and straighten the two of them out. Nina, my evil twin who came from within, who I blame my sins on. (satanic alter) All the problems I did have stemmed from what I was doing - I was creating all these different personalities.” PersonsTwoDifferentShowsProblemGirlEvilSinPersonalityBattleCreatingThirdsBlameDrunkTwinsSatanicThis GirlNinaThird Person Author:Lisa Lopes
“I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please".” PeopleShowsTodayUsedSoundTechnologyImpossibleExpressionCommunicationPleaseJudgmentCriticismEarsBlameInsultTragicHarshSuicidalRemarksNonviolent CommunicationGiraffeSaying PleasePlease And Thank You Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“I really try as hard as I can on the show. If people can't see my face, if they can't see my sweat beads or at least that I'm struggling, that I'm not just pretending or going through the motions, then who can blame them for thinking that it's some kind of ridiculous piss-take?” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindI CanHardShowsFacesStruggleBlameRidiculousPretendingSweatBeads Author:John Maus
“It's not quite the Tom Jones show, but yes, I've had undergarments. If I get a bra chucked on stage I'll hold it up so the audience can decide what to think. And I'll usually blame a guy for doing it.” IfsThinkingShowsGuyAudienceStageBlameTomsBrasUndergarments Author:Michael Bolton
“Of course all life is a process of breaking down, but the blows that do the dramatic side of the work-- the big sudden blows that come, or seem to come, from outside-- the ones you remember and blame things on and, in moments of weakness, tell your friends about, don't show their effect all at once. There is another sort of blow that comes from within-that you don't feel until it's too late to do anything about it, until you realize with finality that in some regard you will never be as good a man again.” MenFeelsMomentsShowsBigsSeemsRememberLife IsCoursesProcessSidesRealizingEffectsLateWeaknessRegardBlameBlowDramaticToo LateBreaking DownFinalityMoments Of Weakness Book:Fitzgerald: My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940 Source: Fitzgerald: My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940
“There's lots of room to be your own worse critic. It's just you, so I think that's inherit, that voice that's always that's there monitoring everything you do. It's definitely worse; the critic is harder when it's just you. If you're doing a show, then the critic can blame the other actors your with.” IfsThinkingShowsActorsVoiceRoomsHarderBlameCriticsMonitoring Author:Jason Graae
“How are these people deserving huge payouts for losing weight when they should have done it without the camera or without a team helping them? Then, six months later you go back and find out where they are, and they're in a worse state than they were in before they joined the f - ing show. Then they blame the producer.” PeopleShouldStatesDoneHelpingShowsTeamHugeMonthsSixLosingShould HaveWeightCamerasBlameProducersSix MonthsDeserving Author:Gordon Ramsay
“The national media don't know me. They know the caricature that was created of me by journalists who were frankly jealous of my access. And it was a very negative caricature. There's this propensity for blaming a woman. It comes down to implicit bias. There are so many studies that show this.” KnowsShowsStudyMediaNegativeBlameAccessJournalistJealousBiasKnow MeCaricaturesPropensityImplicit Author:Paula Broadwell
“Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it.” ShowsAttitudeBehaviorShameBlameDisgraceReproachDisrespectfulDisapproval Author:Joyce Meyer
“My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.” SaidHardShowsMy FriendsBlameGuestsJerry Author:Pat Robertson
“We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world” WorldLongRealMatterShowsJobsAcceptingMastersLaborPraiseNo Matter WhatBlameCommittedTechniqueSense Of HumorReal WorldStakesHaulLong HaulRemuneration Author:Steven Pressfield
“There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts. We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here.” IfsFeelsMomentsShowsSpaceOur LivesReturnBlameFoundationSorryComplainingStuckPresent MomentOur ThoughtsSymptomsOpen Spaces Author:Joko Beck
“No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.” IfsShowsUnderstandingSituationArgumentBlameReasoningLettucePeace Is Every StepBuddhist Monk Book:Being Peace Source: Being Peace
“I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.” WarShowsPeaceGreaterBlameAnti WarAntiwarSubmitReadinessPeace WarMake Peace Not War Book:History of the Peloponnesian War Source: History of the Peloponnesian War
“The bombing in Oklahoma City has focused renewed attention on the rhetoric that’s been coming from the right and those who cater to angry white men. Right-wing talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Bob Grant, Oliver North, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Reagan and others take to the air every day with basically the same format: Detail a problem, blame the government or a group and invite invective from like-minded people. Never do most of the radio hosts encourage outright violence, but the extent to which their attitudes may embolden or encourage some extremists has clearly become an issue.” PeopleMenMayShowsProblemGovernmentWhiteCitiesAttentionAttitudeIssuesViolenceGroupsAirBlameAngryWingsRadioDetailsFocusedGrantsHostInvitesBobRhetoricWhite ManRight WingExtremistBombingFormatTalk ShowsOklahomaOklahoma City Author:Bryant Gumbel
“To be turned from one's course by men's opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold an office.” MenShowsCoursesOpinionOfficeBlameMisrepresentation Author:Fabius Maximus
“There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God.” WorldSelfShowsOpinionTasteDiedBlameApprovalPreferenceApprovedBrethrenCensure Author:George Muller
“There is no moral to my song, I praise no right, I blame no wrong; I tell of things that I have seen, I show the man that I have been As simply as a poet can Who knows himself poet and man.” KnowsMenHas BeensShowsSongMoralHe ManPoetPraiseBlame Author:Thomas MacDonagh
“My aim was to create armaments to protect the borders of my motherland. It is not my fault that the Kalashnikov became very well-known in the world; that it was used in many troubled places. I think the policies of these countries are to blame, not the designers. Man is born to protect his family, his children, his wife. But I want you to know that apart from armaments, I have written three books in which I try to educate our youth to show respect for their families, for old people, for history.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWorldWantTryingWellsChildrenBookCountryShowsUsedThreeBornKnownWifeWrittenPolicyYouthProtectAimBlameFaultsBordersDesignerEducateI Want YouWell KnownOld PeopleArmamentMotherlandShow RespectKalashnikov Author:Mikhail Kalashnikov
“To love someone whom you like is insignificant. To love someone because they love you is of no consequence. To love someone whom you do not like means you have learned a lesson in life. To love someone who blames you for no reason shows that you have learned the art of living.” LoveMeanArtReasonShowsLove YouLessonsConsequenceBlameNo ReasonLife LessonInsignificantLove SomeoneArt Of Living Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and loving life.” MaySelfSometimesShowsSufferingForceShapesBlamePityLoving LifeSelf Pity Author:Rachel Naomi Remen
“Who is blameless? Only those that blame no one for aught that is, has been or may be. Only in creating hope, life, understanding, harmony, does one become blameless. For, as you understand, they that would be loved must show themselves lovely; they that would have friends must be a friend to others. For in the manner you treat others, you treat your Lord. Let that light which has aroused you be alive, awakened. Condemn no one. And as you come seeking, know, understand, as you create same in the lives of others so is it reflected in your own.” KnowsMayDoeHas BeensShowsLightWould BeUnderstandingLordAliveCreatingTreatsHarmonyBlameSeekingLovelyAwakenedLives Of OthersBlameless Author:Edgar Cayce
“[from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.” FirstsTwoEndsShowsGovernmentThreeLinesPartyTelevisionIntelligentBlameRoundsObservationExcellentFirmPlusAwardsVansCondemnationTelevision ShowsBonusRebuttal Author:Jasper Fforde
“Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles Himself for the sake of the soul that is bent down to the ground, that He may even exalt within Himself that which is bent double under a weight of sin?... If so, you must blame the physician for stooping over suffering and putting up with evil smells in order to give health to the sick?” IfsGivingMaySoulShowsChristianSufferingOrderEvilSinLordSickWeightBlameSakeSmellOrthodoxPhysiciansBentHumiliationOrthodox ChristianCfsExaltation Author:Gregory of Nazianzus