Charlie Baker Quotes

We have 40 million reasons for our failure but not one excuse.

I want to know what he did and who he failed.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

It’s very difficult to come to grips with how we screwed this up, but we screwed this up.

Failure is almost never at the cost of those responsible.

The fault always lies in the candidate or the head coach or the guy holding the ball.

Any time a team doesn't score points, it's on me.

We didn't score any runs today. That's not my fault.

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.

The way you can be careful of the catastrophe that success can bring is by paying attention to something else that comes along with success - responsibility.

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into.

You can't mess up. If you do, everyone wants to kill you.

People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports.

In retrospect there were failures enough to go around. There were failures before the storm and failures after the storm.

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable.

Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car's gas gauge, and you get stranded.

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility.