(555 quotes found)
“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
“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry”
Nikolai Gogol
“If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.”
Dan Castellaneta
“But they whose guilt within their bosoms lie Imagine every eye beholds their blame”
William Shakespeare
“And the best and the worst of this is/ That neither is most to blame/ If you have forgotten my kisses/ And I have forgotten your name.”
Algernon Charles Swinburne
“To err is human; to blame it on the other guy is even more human.”
Bob Goddard
“Name it and Blame it, doesn't mean you solved it, nor owned it, nor changed it”
Grace McGarvie
“No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right. You may be fragmented, but you feel absolved of all the blame for it. Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
Erica Jong
“The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.”
Contributed by: Maria Green
Carl Rogers
“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - you can blame anyone but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?”
Katharine Hepburn
