Fred Barnes Quotes

I accept the responsibility but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. Those who are to blame lose their jobs. Those who are responsible do not.

Failure is almost never at the cost of those responsible.

It's time for these people to have accountability for what is being done.

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

If you are going to point a finger, you point it at me.

Divided responsibility is no responsibility.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

What did they know, when did they know it, and what did they do about it.

… the always unfortunate general is always a culpable one

I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.

The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone gets the credit, but if it flops, only the director can be blamed.

Any time a team doesn't score points, it's on me.

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

If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.

You can't mess up. If you do, everyone wants to kill you.

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.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

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

I am aware that as an actor, I can blame others for the failure of a film, the director, the script, choice of co-stars, timing of the release and so on. But now, as the director, I will have to shoulder all the blame.

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

When it comes to the assignment of blame, the CIA has by and large been a luckless organization.