Avoiding Blame Quotes

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

The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.

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

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

Washington thrives on scapegoats.

It is important to admit your mistakes, and to do so before you are charged with them. Many clients are surrounded by buckpassers who make a fine art of blaming the agency for their own failures. I seize the earliest opportunity to assume the blame.

I always say that it's very important not to blame one person. You have to own whatever part of it you're responsible for. It takes a lot of soul-searching. It's important to go through that, because hopefully you won't repeat yourself.

If you start to pass blame or responsibility on to others, that's when I'm going to start to get really angry.

I was talking to my friend and he said his girlfriend was mad at him. I said, "What happened?" He goes: "Well, I guess I, uh... I guess I said something, and, uh... and then she got her feelings hurt." That's a weird way to phrase it: "She got her feelings hurt. I said something, and then she..." Could you more remove yourself from responsibility? "She got her feelings hurt." It's like saying, "Yeah, I shot this guy in the face, and then I guess he got himself murdered. I don't know what happened. He leaned into it."

I couldn’t help it,” I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline’s “it’s not my fault” mantra.

One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.

Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.

If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that... Because it was not their fault.

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for.

it’s very easy to blame people.

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.

This is buck passing without the bucks.