#lame

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done. ↗

— George Carlin

#invention #job

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. ↗

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

#attention #blame #feelings #follow #i

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#confession #sin #blame

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#blame

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#blame #cassandra-clare #city-of-lost-souls #guilt #the-mortal-instruments

there's plenty of blame to go around. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#blame

Screw caution," Tori said. "I'm outta here." We looked at her. "Well, I am. As long as someone comes with me." We kept looking at her. She sighed. "Fine, but when everything goes to hell, just remember, I get to blame you guys, because I wanted to leave right away. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#chloe #derek #kelley #reckoning #tori

I’m sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn’t do, and I’ve hurt myself by hurting you. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#hurt #blame

As a general rule,'he had once said, 'people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or, if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.' (Athos) ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#blame

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#hunting #scapegoating #blame