Drew Barrymore

You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.

American Actress

Joyce Meyer

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.

American Author

George Harrison

They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us.

British Musician

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

Austrian Musician

Alexander Pope

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

English Poet

Joseph Campbell

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Dante Alighieri

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

Italian Poet

Friedrich Nietzsche

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

German Philosopher

Ivica Dacic

Serbia is blamed in advance for everything.

Serbian Politician

Plutarch

Greek Philosopher

The emphasis is on identifying who or what caused the negative event.

Assignable Responsibility

Sometimes 'blame' is used to point fingers without actual proof.

Unfair Accusation

People use 'blame' to deflect responsibility from themselves.

Avoiding Self-Blame

Taking 'blame' to acknowledge your role in something bad.

Accepting Fault

When 'blame' is placed, there is a suggestion of guilt or wrongdoing.

Assigning Guilt

Sometimes, 'blame' is not isolated, it may be distributed among many.

Spreading Responsibility

Blame carries a negative judgment, showing a lack of respect.

Expressing Disapproval

Blaming often suggests that the person is incapable or inadequate.

Implying Incompetence

 people say she deserves no blame at all. Whereas if she thinks the powder was poison, even though it's really sugar, now people say she deserves a lot of blame, even though what happened in the real world was exactly the same. And in fact, they say she deserves more blame in this case, the failed attempt to harm, than in another case,

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 which I blame my parents for. I'm kidding. I'm not kidding. I'm kidding. And I've got malingering. And I think it's actually quite rare to have both malingering and generalized anxiety disorder,

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 sometimes with long-term life consequences. We can't blame the tests, though. It's up to us to use the right tests for the right jobs, and to interpret results appropriately.