When a man died, there had to be blame. Jimmy Cross understood this. You could blame the war, You could blame the idiots who made the war. You could blame Kiowa for going to it. You could blame the rain. You could blame the river. You could blame the field, the mud, the climate. You could blame the enemy. You could blame the mortar rounds. You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. You could blame whole nations. You could blame God. You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate of an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.
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Related Avoid the penalties of the blame game. You were born to be boss player, not a blame giver. Stop the ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You can't put the blame on Bush for all that happened. They blame Bush for the late response, but th... CRAIG CHILTON Blame the economy, blame bad luck, blame my parents, blame your parents, blame the Internet, blame p... GILLIAN FLYNN He could not blame the Army, Angelo could blame the Army; Angelo hated the Army. But he didnt hate t... JAMES JONES If you stirred up trouble, you could always blame it on (MacNeil). Because everybody would believe i... DAVE VANKOUGHNETT The problem was I always took the blame. But he was wrong. But I thought me taking the blame could f... DOMINIC RICCITELLO You can't always blame people for your disappointment. Sometimes, it's only you who is really to bla... OUSSAMA HEDHLI When you're a mayor and you have a problem you blame the provincial government. If you are provincia... JEAN CHRETIEN Every time the Democrats lose either elections or a major issue, they blame me, they blame talk radi... RUSH LIMBAUGH As a closer, you never like to get pulled. But it's the manager's call, and he almost made the exact... BRADEN LOOPER Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the co... TADASHI SHOJI When you cease to exist, then who will you blame? BOB DYLAN If you blame yourself you learned something, if you blame others you learned nothing. SURESH KANUMURI To blame this on lone mad people is dangerous, because these mad people could explode the whole coun... BORUKH GORIN All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how ... CASEY STENGEL People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you bl... JOHNNY ROTTEN You can't blame the track. You have to have spinners who can turn the ball. DALJIT SINGH The fact is that when you admit that you can’t blame anyone or anything else, you begin to blame y... KATE MCGAHAN Refuse to blame yourself for not being 'good enough JOHN MARK GREEN When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answ... DAN QUAYLE How does someone go from thinking that if he cannot rescue, he must destroy? And do you blame him, o... JODI PICOULT You can blame a lot of the deaths here on Camille, not on Katrina. Folk thought Camille was the wors... GREG VERGES I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. Yo... JONATHAN WINTERS Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame EDMUND GOSSE I don't know how you put blame on the people who were promoting the rave or providing the event. DAVID OSGOOD People blame science. Shit, man, people shouldn’t blame science. People should blame people. MIRA GRANT No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderfu... ERICA JONG We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - yo... KATHARINE HEPBURN Don't blame the holidays, you were already overweight in August. ANONYMOUS Look out!! Ha! Now you've done it! Now you've broken a lamp, and you've got no one to blame it on bu... CHARLES M. SCHULZ An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of ... EPICTETUS Blame. That's what this case is about, ... The plaintiffs in this case want you to blame the Port Au... MARC KASOWITZ Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look... JULIA QUINN I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment. DELTA BURKE You have to let it go. You can hold on to the hate and the love and even the bitterness, but you hav... COLLEEN HOOVER She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it ca... ANDREW CARD When in doubt about who's to blame. Blame the English. CRAIG FERGUSON Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because y... CHARLES DURNING When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, caus... JOE STRUMMER You can't take the blame off of you, when naturally it takes two. LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little;... FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER Neighbours complaining about someone’s dog making an awful racket. You could hardly blame the poor... JAMES OSWALD For so long, I was stuck in "either or" thinking. Either I had to change myself, or change the world... VIRONIKA TUGALEVA Blame if you want to be lame. JEFFREY BENJAMIN Don't blame the situation, don't blame other people GATOT SOEDARTO I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment. DELTA BURKE blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much... JACK CANFIELD It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame. OSCAR WILDE I think (Quaker Chief Executive Robert) Morrison did the best job he could for Quaker Oats sharehold... JOHN MCMILLIN Do not blame your parents for who you are. They gave you the genes, but you choose how to wear them. TRAVIS J HEDRICK You succeed at being a failure when you blame someone else. JEFFREY BENJAMIN If you step in a puddle, don't blame the puddle. UNKNOWN If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call ... RAINER MARIA RILKE And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for w... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Taggart Card - Used in conversation about your work, "I'm playing the 'Taggart Card'". A reference t... GREG HAPPEL If you blame gravity for falling in love, even God has the right to laugh at you. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO You can't blame a match for a house made of straw SCOTT WESTERFELD Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It is obviously frustrating to have weather like this. But you can't blame it on anyone. Neither wou... BOB WOOLMER When you blame others, you give up your power to change. DR. ROBERT ANTHONY When you blame others, you give up your power to change. ROBERT ANTHONY We should not encourage lawsuits that blame others for our own choices and could bankrupt an entire ... LAMAR SMITH If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet ... RAINER MARIA RILKE If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet ... RAINER MARIA RILKE We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - bu... KATHARINE HEPBURN I would like this (regime) to stick. That's just luck of the draw. You can't blame it all on (the ma... BRANDON INGE When you make a blame sandwich, you gotta be prepared to eat it yourself. JUSTINE VOGT You can't blame gravity for falling in love. ALBERT EINSTEIN Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as ... ROB BELL When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look into the rea... THICH NHAT HANH You renounce your success when you blame others for your failures. JEFFREY BENJAMIN All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how ... WAYNE DYER Blame where you must, be candid where you can,
And be each critic the Good-natured Man. OLIVER GOLDSMITH Blame where you must, be candid where you can, and be each critic the good-natured man ROBERT BURNS One could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for e... GAIL CARRIGER We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - bu... KATHARINE HEPBURN I thought the two ugly ones were sisters, but they got very insulted when I asked them. You could te... J.D. SALINGER Everything I do you blame on me. SOURCE UNKNOWN Don't Blame Others If you trust Them. KRISHNA MANOHAR We accept blame, ... We offer our condolences to the village, but I will tell you the surveillance v... BRYAN HILFERTY You can't blame Burnsie for sitting on a lead, MIKE RAMSEY She kind of lived an ulterior lifestyle. All those factors are completely irrelevant. You do not bla... MYAVA ESCAMILLA The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland ... SARA SHERIDAN If there's blame to go around, most of the blame falls on the tobacco companies, MICHAEL THUN When it comes to passing out blame, it's a two-headed monster. The blame has to be shared. DUNTA ROBINSON The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. PLATO It's easy to play the blame game, find a scapegoat, but no one person could be responsible for the c... CRAIG FUGATE The only time a politico will try to avoid playing the blame game is when they or theirs are to blam... JON STEWART Blame not the devil when a person commits sexual catastrophe,rather blame the untamed flesh. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I'm begging the community, please just help find Grandma. I don't want to blame. Yes, maybe I could ... GWEN SMITH You can't blame gravity for falling in love. ALBERT EINSTEIN Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life... BOBBY DARNELL I don't blame people who suspect my performance. My own mind suspects it. How can I blame them? SRI CHINMOY You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds. HENRY DAVID THOREAU The blame for the war is Saddam Hussein's, ... Inside Politics. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN We can blame turnovers and defense and you can blame Ray Allen also. He hit shots like I can't even ... SEBASTIAN TELFAIR When your future arrives, will you blame your past? ROBERT HALF If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents MARCELENE COX It could happen. Bedouin are not all good... But Bedouin are the ones who live here, so normally if ... SALEH HUSSEIN
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DARREN O'DONNELL All the possibilities of your human destiny are asleep in your soul. You are here to realize and hon... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you VINCENT O'SULLIVAN We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where ... JOHN O'DONOHUE To love without ownership, to love with total trust and faith in that very love, to love with the sa... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR My feeling on the subject of sex with a man is - don't give it up unless you're willing to give him ... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life is surreal. When you step back and really take a look at it, the irony is absolute. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Ladies, you have a ton of power if you just understand the fundamental differences between men and w... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. SEáN O'CASEY You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, th... JENNIFER O'NEILL For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, a... ROSIE O'DONNELL It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or ... EUGENE O'NEILL It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of sh... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. JOHN O'DONOHUE If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortio... JOHN O'DONOHUE Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are ... JOHN O'DONOHUE We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us. JOHN O'DONOHUE Beauty is the illumination of your soul. JOHN O'DONOHUE Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship i... JOHN O'DONOHUE When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you.... JOHN O'DONOHUE No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entr... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it w... JOHN O'DONOHUE Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of... JOHN O'DONOHUE All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and... JOHN O'DONOHUE You are as young as you feel. If you begin to feel the warmth of your soul, there will be a youthful... JOHN O'DONOHUE Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. JOHN O'DONOHUE