Avoidance of Responsibility Quotes

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

Our—Islam’s—problems didn’t start with the dastardly Crusaders. Our problems started with us. To this day, Muslims use the white man as a weapon of mass distraction—a distraction from the fact that we have never needed the “oppressive” West to oppress our own.

One evades discussion of serious issues by the simple device of passing them off as value problems, whereas, to say the least, many of these conflicts arose out of man’s very agreement regarding values.

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.

We thrive on blaming others, which is a form of self-pity

Sloth is sluggishness of the mind which neglects to begin good...it is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses man as to draw him away entirely from good deeds.

One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom.

Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional honesty and nudity would burden them.

Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving—how not to do it. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the Circumlocution Office. Its finger was in the largest public pie, and in the smallest public tart.

I never read 'The Cinderella Complex' - I'm too afraid that my name might be in it.

There was a positive side to not trying at something: you could always pretend that your life would have been different if you had.

If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.

Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.

You can always find a reason to say no. It's the easiest vote. It's also not exactly a red badge of courage.

A favorite means of escaping the solution to any problem is to declare it too complex for solution. This absolves us from attempting solution. ... Any problem is too complex to solve when we do not wish to accept the conditions of solution. Solution is possible where acceptance is ready.

I think the lies I make the most are in regards to my hopes and intentions for myself. As for lies I tell other people - I will certainly tell lies. When somebody is very ill and looks awful, and you tell them they look nice. Or if you just ate the last cookie, if someone asked me if I ate the last cookie, I would definitely lie about that.

I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.

The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI.

There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.

The reaction to 'Dev D' success wasn't a balanced one from my end. I ran away! I should have stayed around and seen how I could balance things. But I wasn't capable of that.

One of the reasons why my album is called 'Forget the World' is because when you listen to the world, you make stupid mistakes.

An excuse is sometimes more ugly than guilt.

Cowards, I believe, are people who are afraid to embrace what they want or need in a natural, honest way.