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Attributable Quotes

Lines about tracing outcomes back to their real cause.

These quotes use 'attributable' to assign credit and blame across very different subjects, from crediting a Federal Reserve appointment for taming inflation to tracing osteoporosis risk back to women's physiology. Each one insists on a direct, specific cause rather than blaming everything at once.

Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology.

Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

Quotes by Charles Horton Cooley

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Quotes by Bob Woodward

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Clean Quotes

The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's very courageous act, hiring a Federal Reserve chair, with the charge to induce a recession. That recession was...

Frequently Asked Questions

What historical event does one quote credit to a Federal Reserve appointment?
One quote credits Jimmy Carter's decision to hire a particular Federal Reserve chair with eventually bringing inflation down to manageable levels, crediting the outcome to that specific, courageous choice. It's presented as a case where credit is due somewhere unexpected.
What health condition is discussed as attributable to physiology?
One quote attributes osteoporosis risk particularly to women's physiology, describing it as a major threat tied directly to biological differences. It's a clinical use of 'attributable' compared to the more political quotes here.
How does one quote describe the cause of a political scandal's slow resolution?
It attributes the delay to one figure's lying and stonewalling, noting that the full truth took 26 months to come out. That quote treats the drawn-out timeline itself as evidence of deliberate obstruction.
Do these quotes suggest freedom always comes without downsides?
No, one quote argues that any increase in freedom comes paired with some degree of degeneracy, attributable to the very same causes that produced the freedom itself. It presents cause and effect as inseparable rather than one-directional.
Is 'attributable' used mainly in political or personal contexts here?
Mostly political and historical, covering inflation, a health condition, and a major scandal, though the underlying idea of tracing outcomes to specific causes applies just as well to personal situations.

A more political line ties the slow unraveling of a scandal to one figure's lying and stonewalling, noting it took 26 months before the truth would come to light. Another treats freedom's downsides as attributable to the same forces that produce its benefits, showing cause and effect cutting both ways.