Attributing Quotes

We had always insisted on working with actors because they do what they're told. You can make actors play the character exactly as you want him, expressing opinions on politics, religion, all aspects of society. No comedian would do that for fear of alienating their following. Actors brush off criticism by attributing offending mannerisms or material to the role. Besides, comedians argue about the laughs. - Ray Galton

We asked how long they had been planting resistant soybean varieties, and we found that 85 to 92 percent of producers currently plant SCN-resistant beans. Producers are losing yield, but they're not attributing the loss to SCN because they are growing resistant beans and don't think they have a problem. - Bob Heinz

There is no basis for attributing blame or responsibility for the maladministration of the Sponsorship Program to any other Minister of the Chratien Cabinet... since they, like all Members of Parliament, were not informed of the initiatives authorized by [former Chratien chief of staff Jean Pelletier]. - John Gomery

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy. - Albert Einstein

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. - Albert Schweitzer

Any time you have a situation like this it creates opportunities for companies to clean up their attics, and that means lowering estimates and partly, or completely, attributing it to Katrina. - Anthony Chan

Age-old device in politics, making a personal slam sound more high-minded by attributing it to someone else. - Howard Kurtz

A tendency to drastically underestimate the frequency of coincidence is a prime characteristic of innumerates, who generally accord great significance to correspondences of all sorts while attributing too little significance to quite conclusive but l. - John Allen Paulos

[Despite the selling, traders appeared fairly optimistic, many attributing the day's decline to investors pulling out profits after recent record session.] I see the flow of funds still exceptionally favorable for the stock market... 8,000 is my number. We should be there in the next week or two. - Jack Baker