Famous Quotes & Sayings

Max Cannon

We live in a society that blames everybody else for what's wrong.

Magdalena Neuner

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

Emily Oster

Lovingly crafted and super-creative cupcakes are not exactly on tap in my household after a full day at work, and I do not blame my mother for a second that they were not on tap in hers, either.

Lax and completely ineffective regulations are really to blame for this state of affairs.

Charlie Melancon

Sen. Vitter worked in this House for six years and knows its leadership, ... He has placed the blame squarely at their feet, and I think they owe the entire Gulf Coast an explanation.

We're continuing to see retailers cite the weather for either making or breaking their sales numbers. Frankly, I think is an excuse tailored to satisfy Wall Street. Wall Street is a little more forgiving if a major retailer blames weather for disappointing sales.

Obviously, I'm not feeling real good. I didn't really prepare the kids as well as I probably should have. I thought we were ready, but obviously we weren't. I'm not going to blame the kids. The kids played hard.

Obviously, if they had cut production more, prices would have probably moved higher, and that would have curtailed economic growth, ... They want to make sure they will not be blamed for any economic slowdown in the second half of this year.

Joseph Muscat

Politicians cannot shake off responsibility and then when something is successful they take the merit but when something goes wrong they blame the workers.

Nick went out there and took a bunch of shot early but got tired and ran out of gas. I'll take the blame on that one because we should have wrestled Larry (Reichard). I thought Nick had a good week of practice and maybe knee-wise he was ready to go out there but conditioning-wise he wasn't.

Ontario is not growing as fast as other areas. Is it appropriate to blame that on equalization? I would say no,

I blame a lot on the fact that he has not been as healthy as we would have liked (the past two seasons). Joel seems to be healthy.

Jeb Bush

but don't blame Carnival Cruise Lines for canceling cruise ships with 100,000 customers. That's their business.

Tim Donnelly

but blame the Mexican government not the Minutemen or the policies of the United States.

No one person is to blame for something like that. We gave up as corner kick and we were not able to clear the ball. That kind of misfortune can take the fire out of you a little bit. But I think we showed if we fix a few things, we can play with the big teams.

No. No. No. No, ... I'm not going to do that. If I did that, I'm blaming (starting quarterback Perry Patterson). I'm not going to blame him.

Maybe they just got caught up in the hype. I'm just trying to keep my head straight. It's just going to be another kick for me. I'm going to have a good snap, I'm going to have a good hold, it's going to be all me. I'm not going to be able to blame anyone.

No-one wanted to take the blame for cutting 7,000 jobs.

Frankly, its hard to blame the Legislature this session because the department took no initiative to put on the table that wide range of actions.

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.

Martin Brodeur

I don't think you can blame the new guys for the way we've been playing.

Milan Hejduk

I don't think you can blame the goaltending. We were awful. They were all over us. We tried to play open hockey and we just got killed.

For two of the last three years, it snowed. Now we can't blame the snow. Now we have to see who's out there and wants to buy a car.

For those who blame society, might I remind you what you are a member of?

Corey Koskie

For me to blame my season on injury, to me that's just an excuse. I still had 350 at-bats that I didn't do much with.

If it happened in one game, you could blame it on (bad) luck. When it happens consistently, you have to concede you're not playing as well as you should be and that the other team's better than us. We have to figure out what we need to do to change that.

I got caught up with the referees. I'll take the blame on that.

Mark Regev

If through their stubbornness and short-sightedness and extremism, they isolate the Palestinian government and turn it into a pariah in the international community, they will have no one to blame but themselves.

Barry Ritholtz

If the Fed stops raising rates, the market will blame them if inflation gets too hot, and if they keep cranking up interest rates, then the real estate market is at risk. It's a somewhat challenging environment.

Tim Schendel

He was doing what he had to to stay on the lead lap. He was drifting up a little and I finally got under him. I don't blame him for doing everything he could to keep his spot. That's what racing is all about.

He tried to make a play for his team because he's the captain. You can't blame him for that.

He would have been the last person I thought would have come over to our side. I don't blame the speaker. He was looking for a way to pull the party together, and he did.

I wouldn't blame or place fault on anyone, having honesty and integrity is everyone's' job.