Joanne Harris Quotes

I don't blame it on the Hell's Angels. I blame it on the people who were there.

No one is accountable anymore for anything. No one did anything wrong. Well, you're to blame. That's to blame. This is to blame.

When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules.

It's hard to determine where lies culpability.

Did I kill anyone?

If I've done anything wrong, I believe it's his fault.

Capt. Gordon is as responsible for the death of those on the Erie. As if he had taken the life of each by his own hand. For once, when no doubt exists as to guilt, a terrible example should be made.

If there should be blame, it should rest with this office.

… the always unfortunate general is always a culpable one

Failure is almost never at the cost of those responsible.

One of the strongest forms of rhetoric in our society is the rhetoric of blame.

A scapegoat remains effective as long as we believe in its guilt.

It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

There's nothing wrong with blame, if blame is due.

In former days, everyone found the assumption of innocence so easy; today we find fatally easy the assumption of guilt.

We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

If people have done something wrong then they should be held accountable.

I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.

I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.

Blame is for God and small children.

I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable.