“When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.” PeopleKnowsShouldMeanStandardsManagementBlameStrategyChainsVisibilityWhen Things Go Wrong Book:Odyssey (Academy - Book 5): Academy - Source: Odyssey (Academy - Book 5): Academy -
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.” WayWellsKindChildrenWantedMotherGuyFatherFunMomDadStandardsBlameUnhappyMemoirGrandmotherTypicalBroodingEleanorFun Loving Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.” WantBelieveHappensJobsLawCasesHigherBehaviorStandardsRegardVictimBlameExpectedOfficialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementHigher Standards Author:Sharon Cooper
“If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.” IfsMenMindSoulWould BeFormFailingOceanStandardsBlameOddIf I CouldElephant Man Author:Isaac Watts
“Young girls are obsessed with having a thigh gap. I blame the impossible body standards set by Spongebob.” BodyYoungGirlPerfectImpossibleStandardsBlameObsessedGapsThighsStandards Set Author:Stephen Colbert
“I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself. So failure or reversal does not bring out resentment in me because I cannot blame others for any misfortune that befalls me.” PeopleIfsLifeDoeMy OwnDealsDestinyFailingStandardsBlessedBlameExpectedMisfortunesJudgedResentmentReversal Author:Sophia Loren