“What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.' I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business. And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be someone's fault instead of the fact that sometimes accidents happen.” ThinkingSometimesFactsHappensValuesGamesSoundPresidentHeardCriticismBlameFaultsConservativeAccidentsAdministrationThroatBootsHeelsSpillsBlame GameConservative ValuesAccidents Happen Author:Rand Paul
“A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.” MenPhilosophyHappensBlameIllPhilosopherVulgarCalamityNovices Author:Epictetus
“I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset. Keep in mind, this ain't like the real world where you work somewhere and you can stay 40 years. Being able to see where you are going just a few years ahead is a pretty cool deal, and it doesn't happen too often in any sport, much less stock car racing.” WorldYearsMindI CanRealHappensAbleMovingSportsDealsCarBlameUpsetOwnersDriversWhere You AreReal WorldRacingWhere You Are GoingCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Ken Schrader
“Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the root causes of conflict are usually to be found in some wrong way of life in which all parties have acquiesced, and for which everybody must, to some extent, bear the blame.” ThinkingWayWarHappensFoundCausesPartySituationBearsConflictRootsBlameIrrationalCatastropheWay Of ThinkingWrong WayRoot CauseCauses Of Conflict Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“It was easy to blame other people for treating me in ways I didn't like, but now I was seeing that I was the one at fault. The only way you can be mistreated is by allowing yourself to be mistreated, and that was something I did over and over again. Somehow, I needed to find that glimmer of self-respect, buried deep inside, that would allow me to say: I am never going to let that happen to me again. I needed to learn how to stand up for myself in a different way, but I didn't know how.” PeopleKnowsWayDifferentSelfHappensEasyKnow HowSeeingNeededBlameFaultsDifferent WaysSelf RespectAllowingBuriedDeep InsideMistreated Author:Jennifer Lopez
“What's going to happen is that county council and the county executive will be able to blame the judge. I think that's what's going to happen -- they want to blame the judge for reassessment. That's not leadership, that's hiding.” ThinkingWantHappensAbleJudgingBlameExecutivesHidingCouncilCounty Author:Robert S. Strauss