Passing The Buck Quotes & Sayings

We live in such a corporate world where everyone is passing the buck, it seems to me. Therefore I like stories where the individual takes responsibility for BEING the individual, and not just for himself, but for his comrades, his society and ultimately for his country. Ultimately, we can all learn a lesson from that and not be browbeaten by the corporate world which is taking over. — Liam Neeson

The second building was enormous. Its central corridor looked long enough to stage a hundred-yard-dash in. I contemplated making one. Ever since the Army, big institutions depressed me: channels, red tape, protocol, buck-passing, hurry up and wait. Only now and then you met a man with enough gumption to keep the big machine from bogging down of its own weight. — Ross Macdonald

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. — G. M. Trevelyan

What's the legacy of President Obama? I think this is just another, another example of passing the buck. It never stops at the White House. — Eric Bolling

If you're passing the buck, don't ask for change. — David Gerrold