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“You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.”
Dan Castellaneta
“The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.”
Robert Bloch
“I praise loudly, I blame softly”
Catherine the Great
“Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.”
Chastity Bono
“Always blame it on the guy who doesn't speak English”
“Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.”
William Shakespeare
“Everyone's quick to blame the alien”
Aeschylus
“If a square peg doesn’t 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 - doesn’t carry over into interpersonal relationships. The heart of loving communication is listening to understand.”
Jeffrey Bryant
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends o”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.”
Dante Alighieri
