Mark V. Hurd Quotes

It is less important to find solutions than scapegoats.

Men are only too clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Too often, it's the Washington way to hide, point fingers, and try to place blame on someone else.

The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities.

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.

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.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Men's common guise is always to lay the burden on some other back.

An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.

I hate it when people blame someone else and don't take responsibility.

No one wants to be at the wrong end of finger-pointing.

Letting someone else take the blame ... every politician does that if they can, every politician.

To err is human. To blame somebody else is politics.

You can duck responsibility within your committee; you can blame somebody else's committee, you can disappear behind the facade of your party allegiance ..., or you can blame it on the other House; and if none of those happens to ... work, you can dump it on the shoulders of bureaucracy and red tape ...

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

Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'

Liberals always blame the other guy.

There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.

If you are a real leader, every single thing is your fault.

You become a leader in times of trouble. Leaders emerge when things don't go well. When everyone else starts pointing fingers, a leader takes responsibility.

Many think that assigning blame settles matters.

Having someone else to blame when there is a rude smell in the air.

Never underestimate a man's ability to make you feel guilty for his mistakes.

The job isn't done until you've blamed someone for the parts that went wrong.

Blaming others is excusing yourself.