Barbara Delinsky Quotes

But things don't just fall apart. People break them.

If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside … or in the back yard without a cover, and the cats come over and eat it, whose fault is it---the cat’s or the uncovered meat?

If we permit ourselves to be ill served, to be served by corrupt and incompetent and inefficient men, then on our own head must the blame rest.

In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.

I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

People get DUIs, people get in fights with their boyfriends, it happens, life happens, but it's about being accountable for your actions. I don't know. I'm just not that girl, I don't go to clubs. I'm a pretty normal girl.

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

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.

One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into.

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.

If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.

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

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

We are people in circumstances who make choices that we think are right at the time.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured.