Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. Hoover

The president gets credit for the sunshine and blame for the rain - and there's a lot of rain here.

Jeffrey Bryant

If a square peg doesnt fit a round hole, neither the peg nor the hole is to blame. Between two people, the question "whose fault is it?" is the friend of argumentation and the destroyer of growth-oriented communication. Assigning blame involves listening to criticize and responding to defend, speaking to lower the other person rather than speaking to build each up. Relational progress is impossible as long as blame is the focus because blame and progress are enemies. In our litigation-hungry society we must take care that focusing on fault - which is proper for the courtroom - doesnt carry over into interpersonal relationships. The heart of loving communication is listening to understand.

Paul Hayes

I said, 'You're not going to have any help for the handicapped?' And he said, 'No, you had your chance.' They're putting blame all on people not wanting to go, but that isn't so,

Grace McGarvie

Name it and Blame it, doesn't mean you solved it, nor owned it, nor changed it

Craig Chilton

You can't put the blame on Bush for all that happened. They blame Bush for the late response, but they did not put the blame on the state and local folks. There were regional buses, school buses that could have evacuated people out of New Orleans.

John Flaherty

You can place blame any where you want to. You can maybe say that Randy went a little too far. There's probably some truth to that, but I was surprised that Fieldin threw him out as quickly as he did knowing the kind of umpire that he is. He's a very good umpire. I don't know if Randy stepped over the line. I didn't necessarily think he did.

James Griffin

This is a hard sell. This is not an easy sell. I can't blame them to a certain degree, but we've got to stop being so tied to one party.

Russ Mitchell

The folks in charge now are very aggressive. I don't blame them for going after Katie one bit. She's a big star and a very talented journalist - and a nice person as well.

Michael Parker

Everybody is to blame it transcends administration. It transcends party.

Leslie Alperstein

Dean probably scares the market the most because he, for now at least, is calling for rolling back all of the tax cuts.

John Marshall

It would be useful to the voters if Marc wanted to talk about the issues, but he's now proven he's incapable of civil debate. He's more interested in calling names. Holtzman is desperate for attention.

Thad Schultz

We hope to have at least 50 kids, somewhere between 50 and 75. The people calling are very excited, very positive about what we did last year.

Jim Furyk

I made it the first three or four holes before calling for a physiotherapy guy to come out, ... Honestly, if they didn't come out, I wouldn't have made it the whole round.

Tammy White

The first day he was here he started calling us mama and papa. The very first evening.

Mark Zauderer

You've got to question the judgment of the person. No lawyer would have his client in the dock calling potential witnesses. It could be very suspect in the minds of the jury.

The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.

Toby Hall

It's such a slow pitch, it catches everybody off guard. I love calling it because I love to see the expressions on the hitters' faces.

Terry Pratchett

This is Morbidia," said Vlad. "Although she's been calling herself Tracy lately, to be cool.

Hebrew Proverb

Pride is the mask we make of our faults

Roger Daltrey

I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me.

Swami Vivekananda

Religion is not in fault.

Ernest Hemingway

Every damn thing is your own fault, if you are any good.

Benjamin Franklin

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

Bill Gates

To be born poor is not our fault, but to die poor is crime

Thomas Carlyle

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Rick Harris

A flat market is normal during the winter months.

Spencer Roecker

Flat Rock is a good team. There's a reason why they're in the top one or two teams in the league every year.

Bobby Hauck

We just had our lunch handed to us by a real talented, well-coached football team. We couldn't handle their front four on defense. It starts with them. We just flat couldn't handle them.

B. F. Skinner

We went flat and started coasting after the 7-1 lead after two innings. But I thought we played pretty good for the first game of the season.

Mason Cooley

Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

John Sevier

Should I be so happy as to merit your patronage, I flatter myself neither you nor my country, could have any occasion to regret.

Jean Paul

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It is a flat'ning Thought, that the more we have seen, the less we have to say.

Janet Jackson

I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.

Jose Vivas

The way I see it, God gave us life for some reason and took away life from others for some other reason. It's a mystery. Only God knows why.

Laura Wade

I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.

Daryl Patton

We're a pressure team. We're going to give up some big plays at time but overall ... we gave up some big plays but the kids responded usually with something positive right after that.

Caitlyn Jenner

'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.

Ethel Andrus

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.

Bill Clinton

You gave me the ride of my life, and I've tried to give as good as I got.

Undersheriff Hudson

She signs the statement. She has me write it out; she doesn't want to write it out. By the way, she didn't want it recorded; I gave her an opportunity.

Sarah Gadon

Since 'A Dangerous Method,' I've had meetings with everyone from J.J. Abrams to the producers of 'Drive.' And they all have the same thing in common; they say: 'Wow you worked with Cronenberg.' He gave me instant film cred.

Frank DeSalvo

He surrendered it. He just voluntarily gave it up, forever. He's going to get out of the business.

Ryan Dunn

I'm Ryan Dunn, and I'm about to get the sh*t kicked out of me by a girl.

Charles Howard

Once we started doing those three things, we got going.

Andrew Walpole

There would not be any replacements for Vaughan as we have already got three newcomers.

Sinead O'Connor

I've been married three times, really I should only have been married once.

Matsuo Basho

He who creates three to five haiku poems during a lifetime is a haiku poet. He who attains to completes ten is a master.

Ingrid Bergman

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

Bob Stern

He told us there were three N's of obesity. Nintendo. Netscape. And Nickelodeon.

Jennifer Hudson

I feel like I've lived about three or four different lives.

George Saintsbury

So, then, there abide these three, Aristotle, Longinus, and Coleridge.

Jeffrey Archer

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.