Top 97 Quotes About It's Not Your Fault
#1. It's not your fault. You had no way of knowing I'd traded my soul. It's not exactly how I start out conversations. Hi, I'm Kyrian. I have no soul. What about you? (Kyrian)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#2. And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to you? It's not your fault. You've held your breath, you just wanna get out, and now you open the door and you have to explain, 'Oh! Listen, there's an odor in there and I didn't do it. It's bad.
Ellen DeGeneres
#3. Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.
Patrick Rothfuss
#4. People can burn and beat love out of you. They really can kill it, and it's not your fault you don't feel it anymore, and how liberating it is to finally realize that. Love isn't for better or for worse, through thick or thin. It damn well shouldn't be.
Patricia Cornwell
#6. People are just self-centered-it's all about them. And we're telling people it's okay to be 'all about you' because you're a victim and it's not your fault. That's why society has gotten more and more belligerent and selfish.
Jim Norton
#7. It's not your fault," Carlisle comforted me with a chuckle. "It could happen to anyone."
"Could," I repeated. "But it usually just happens to me.
Stephenie Meyer
#8. It's not your fault if you're considered holy in a corrupt world.
Toba Beta
#9. When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.
Louise Penny
#10. All you had were pigs and enthusiasm. It's not your fault.
T. Kingfisher
#11. If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.
Bill Gates
#12. A couple of days back, I got into a car accident. Not my fault. Even if it's not your fault, the other person gets out of their car and looks at you like it's your fault: Why did you stop at a red light and let me hit you doing 80!
Dane Cook
#13. Some directors don't tell you that it's not your fault, so you get increasingly depressed that you're not delivering what's required, and then you discover it's not you at all, it's something in the background that's out of focus.
Ian McKellen
#14. What did you do?"
"What makes you think I did something?"
Chris snorted. "You're the guy. Of course it's your fault. Even when it's not your fault, it's your fault.
R.L. Mathewson
#15. The Hideout is here to help you get through today and tomorrow. Be brave. It's not your fault. Remember, the road will get smoother and there is always hope that tomorrow will be better.
Naomi Wilkinson
#16. I moved his hair out of his face. I put my hand under his nose and felt gentle, even breaths. I pressed my lips against his ear and whispered again, It's not your fault. Perhaps this was really the only thing I had ever wanted to say to anyone, and be told.
Miranda July
#17. One time in your life
You've got the route in hand
But the map is stuck
They said it's not your fault
The tires are tired the camera moves
And your driver's been pulled
Tegan Quin
#18. If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it's not your fault, but you still don't live in a forest.
Pam Oliver
#19. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful are the expectations that they had for their own lives. Yet the message of the right is increasingly: It's not your fault that you're a loser; it's the government's fault.
J.D. Vance
#20. When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.
Joe Strummer
#21. I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!
Allan Sloan
#22. I'm sorry," muttered Locke. "I was so keen to come to Tal fucking Verrar." "It's not your fault. We were both eager to hop in bed with the wench; it's just shit luck she turned out to have the clap.
Scott Lynch
#23. No! It's not your fault. You belong to the last generation of women who have been brought up to use their sex appeal to further their ambition.
Louis Auchincloss
#24. Hey, S.T.," Sydney says finally.
I don't budge.
She nudges me with her elbow. "You want to know something?"
I still can't look up. But I nod.
"It's not your fault either." She says this like it's not big deal. Like it's nothing.
But it's everything.
Patricia McCormick
#25. A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.
Robert Breault
#26. As soon as you make mistakes, or you have an off year, even if it's not your fault as a quarterback ... I've always said the quarterback and the head coach always get too much blame when you lose and too much credit when you win.
Eli Manning
#27. When you have trouble with things - whether it's figuring out whether to push or pull a door or the arbitrary vagaries of the modern computer and electronics industries - it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself: blame the designer.
Donald A. Norman
#28. Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.
Werner Herzog
#29. Besides," said Teatime, "if you've been coerced, it's not your fault, is it? No one can blame you. No one could blame anyone who'd been coerced at knife point."
"Oh, well, I s'pose, if we're talking coerced ... " Ernie muttered. Going along with things seemed to be the only way.
Terry Pratchett
#31. It's not your fault there is evil in the world Cadvan to Maerad
Alison Croggon
#32. It's not your fault, sir!" "Isn't it?" Jim sighed. "Maybe not, but it's my responsibility." "He shot you!" Jim laughed bitterly. "A good commander would have shot him first!
Taylor Anderson
#33. It's not your fault that you're slow. I'm sure it's hard to recover from being hit on the head with a silver spoon.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
#34. A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.
Delia Smith
#35. Don't be sorry;
Don't you cry.
It's enough
That you tried.
I love you,
And that won't change.
It's not your fault
Things worked out this way
Margo T. Rose
#36. That won't excuse me for presuming to give my heart to you. It's not your fault you broke it.
Julie Berry
#38. It's not your fault. Life is a gift. Don't forget to live it.
Nicola Yoon
#39. No, no. It's not your fault. Books, books, I need my books. Have you re-read those books yet, by the way? - Jerry
Seinfeld
#40. You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up-
Cassandra Clare
#41. 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.
Joe Strummer
#42. But we have to
No we don't.
But we can't
Yes we can.
But she doesn't
She'll figure it out.
But it's
Not your fault and not your problem.
But I'm the one
Bloody hell, Ms. Lane, how many "buts" are you going to throw at me besides the only one I want?
Karen Marie Moning
#43. I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.
Tanith Lee
#44. If you think something is wrong, speak up. You are not alone. It is not your fault. Help is out there.
Jennifer Niven
#45. One thing you learn in this job [being US President] is that even if something's not your fault, you're still responsible. And that's how it should be.
Barack Obama
#46. Well, it's not my fault that you can't manage your money.'
You threw away my purse.'
I thought it was an enemy.
Obert Skye
#47. I feel terrible for a Palestinian child who dies. But, if it's your father, your brother or your uncle who was firing those rockets into Israel, whose fault is it really? Do you really expect the Israelis not to retaliate?
Bill Maher
#48. Don't give your heart to him, Shay," Darby says softly. "Ford won't keep it safe. No one ever kept his heart safe growing up and he doesn't know how to treat anyone any better. It's not his fault he's not a good man, but it'll be your fault if you expect him to be one.
Bijou Hunter
#49. You must speak the vision of your project in a way that convinces people to pay for it. If they won't pay for it, that is the artist's fault. It is my fault. It is your fault. It is not the executive's fault or the world's.
Jill Soloway
#50. Friendships are the most important thing you can have in your life. Sometimes they have their ups and downs. Sometimes it's your fault and sometimes it's not. But the key to handling those ups and downs is to remember that good friends will always find their way back to each other.
Carmen Rodrigues
#52. people give you the wrong expecctations and then blame you when you can't meet them. It's your fault for not being the person they want you to be . You're the freak. You're the monster. When in reality, you're just trying to be... yourself.
Chris Colfer
#53. ......like it or not, there'll be some bad apples out there, and sometimes you might find yourself mixed up with one of them. That's not your fault.
Nico Jaye
#54. Do not provoke me," I bite out. "I told you not to provoke me." "It's not my fault you can't control your temper," she snaps. Her
A. Zavarelli
#55. It may not be your fault for being down, but it is your fault for not getting back up
Steve Davis
#56. If you were sexually abused & could not go to your family for support, you deserve to realize that your family failed you fundamentally. Your parents did not provide a safe atmosphere of support & protection for their children, which is a parent's first responsibility. It was not your fault.
Patti Feuereisen
#57. To be fair to Monica," I said, "what you did to her wasn't very nice either."
"What'd I do to her?" he asked, defensive.
"You know, going blind and everything."
"But that's not my fault," Isaac said.
"I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.
John Green
#58. Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.
Condoleezza Rice
#60. Vipassana proponents always stress that if you are insulted by someone and get angry, the result is not the abuser's fault. It is your fault because you choose to react.
Ashwin Sanghi
#61. For the record," she continued, "it's not my fault I came in here looking like Chesty LaRue. You caught me on laundry day, so I have no undergarments on. Though I will cop to a little extra spring in my step for your benefit.
Kresley Cole
#62. Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible.
Valerie Plame
#63. It is not your fault; you are ill. And the name of your illness is: FANCY.
Yevgeny Zamyatin
#64. You are the most irritating man I've ever met!"
He grinned. "But you like my kisses."...
"Am I not to have dreams, or desires, or enjoy - pleasure? 'Twon't do, Alasdair Og Sinclair, kissing a lass, and then forbidding her to have any more, when it's your fault I like kisses.
Lecia Cornwall
#65. The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.
Andy Andrews
#66. Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.
Raini Rodriguez
#67. Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell.
Ayn Rand
#68. Where there are people, there is injustice, and that is not God's design. It may not be our fault, but it is our fight. Let us do our part by holding up our corners.
F. Willis Johnson
#69. There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.
Malcolm Gladwell
#70. I spent your Wish on that doucheface," I said into his chest.
"Hazel Grace. No. I will grant you that you did spend my one and only Wish, but you did not spend it on him. You spent it on us.
John Green
#71. If the coyote's in your living room pissing on your couch, it's not the coyote's fault. It's your fault for not shooting him.
Ted Nugent
#72. Some people are born flight risks. It is no shortcoming of yours that they cannot keep their feet on the ground. It is not your fault that they cannot seem to stand in place. They are not leaving you; they are just leaving.
Trista Mateer
#73. She fist bumped me, I say, pointing at Six. It's not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then made me push her on the damn merry-go-round ... I'm into you because you're awesome. And because you let me accidentally touch your boob.
Colleen Hoover
#74. Now "professional" seems to be whoever you went to school with. It constitutes your nuclear world. And that's the fault of the teachers; it's not the fault of the young artist.
Lawrence Weiner
#75. Oh, I know: If you're fat, let's not blame you, let's sue McDonalds! Oh, for cryin' out loud, hey, if you smoke, not your fault, it's the tobacco company's fault! Hey, if you shoot somebody, not your fault, let's blame the gun industry!
Brad Stine
#76. If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it. Look what they did to me, that's what caused me to be like this, it's not my fault. Permit me to correct you: it probably is your fault. And kindly spare me the details.
Julian Barnes
#77. Like it or not, you are a part of the workings of this kingdom - and you produce effects even if you stay in bed. If you do nothing, then the problems are as much your fault as if you had instigated them.
Brandon Sanderson
#78. If you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.
Seth Godin
#79. I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I'm on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do?
Probably my expression actually conveyed: It's not my fault! Please do not kill me!
Rick Riordan
#80. What I want you to know is that this is not your fault, even if it is ultimately your responsibility.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#81. If you hear my idea but don't believe it, that's not your fault; it's mine. If you see my new product but don't buy it, that's my failure, not yours. If you attend my presentation and you're bored, that's my fault too.
Seth Godin
#82. -It's all your fault. I'm not usually so noisy.
-It worked to our advantage. You kept the bears scared off.
Jill Shalvis
#83. All concierges are venal. It is not their fault. They are trained to regard all hotel guests except maharajahs as potential cheats and thieves. They have as much concern for your comfort or well-being as crocodiles.
Ian Fleming
#84. He rubbed the side of his face on the pillow. "Mmmmsoft," he remarked, then added, "One's your fault. The other one, you just happen to be there when it happens. Like, when you kiss him, POW, he gets hit by a bear. Totally not your fault. You shouldn't feel bad about that. It's not your bear.
Maggie Stiefvater
#85. It's not my fault you have the attention span of a gnat, capable of only thumbing through the crap on Facebook, instead of reading something of worth that can change your life. No, I'm not talking about Oprah's or Ellen's book either.
Dara Reidyr
#86. It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
Bernard Of Clairvaux
#87. If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.
Jeremy Piven
#88. If you're not a successful artist it's your fault.
Bob Lefsetz
#89. O, man! learn from the precept what you ought to do; learn from correction, that it is your own fault you have not the power; and learn in prayer, whence it is that you may receive the power.
John Calvin
#90. Over half a million women are raped in this country every year, and only a fraction of them report it because they're too ashamed. It's a really screwed up world, but its not your fault, and what happened to you, it doesn't make you the monster.
Mariska Hargitay
#91. I am quite determined to be mistress of my own fate, Mrs. Clutterthorpe, but I do sympathize with how strange it must sound to you. It is not your fault that you are entirely devoid of imagination. I blame your education
Deanna Raybourn
#92. It kills Dittleys and does terrible things to my friend."
"YOUR DEAD FRIEND."
"That's not his fault. Why didn't you say you could see him?"
"I DIDN'T SAY I COULD SEE YOU, EITHER."
"But I'm not dead."
"BUT YOU ARE PRETTY SHORT.
Maggie Stiefvater
#93. When you know yourself, you will be clear within and keep yourself well in check. Thus, there will be no reason for anyone to come and be your opponent. Even if your knowledge is insufficient and you make mistakes, it will not be your fault. Just entrust things to Heaven.
Issai Chozanshi
#94. Well, it's not MY fault you're such an AIRHEAD that if you open your mouth I can hear the ocean! I shot back.
Rachel Renee Russell
#95. It's not
your fault that your brain is reduced to the size of one neuron and
that it itself is being annihilated by the loneliness.
Danka V.
#96. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your
mistakes, learn from them.
Charles J. Sykes
#97. It's not you. I know it's not you, son. This is not your fault.
Victoria Aveyard