#lame

I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#another #anybody #blame #concentrate #decided

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#follow #knowledge #lame #practical #results

You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone! ↗

— Rachel Bilson

#better #celebrity #everyone #evil #good

The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror. ↗

— Tony Blair

#consequences #divide #further #inflame #itself

The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals. ↗

— Edward Blake

#classes #commercial #crimes #criminals #developed

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

— Robert Bloch

#else #go #man #smile #someone

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. ↗

— Charles Durning

#banana #because #better #blame #carry

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#girl #i #i am #i think #lame

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#be prepared #being #being there #blame #city

Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#blame #dream #real #reality #something