“I seem to have misplaced a good excuse for why I haven't given God the time of day.” — Tina Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“ANNUAL REVIEWS. THE BEST WAY TO RANK PERFORMANCES IS BY QUANTUM OF EXCUSES.” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“My children don’t even know my name, and it’s no excuse that they haven’t even been born yet.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Excuse is the tool of the incompetent. A monument of nothingness, and those that use it are not wise.” — Paul Adefarasin Copy Share Image
The word sorry is like Halloween, trick or treat; a convenient excuse or a great hope of change. — Nghi Lam Copy Share Image
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I deciced if I were ever to get into booze and women, my line would be, 'Excuse me, madam, but I would… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I see you're trying to distract me from the real point here," Magnus said instead. "You had a birthday - a perfect… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't even have children, it's just been an excuse to play jenga and hit softballs in my backyard with a box… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being… — Jupiter Hammon Copy Share Image
Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't need… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
I was at a dinner party many years ago,sitting along from Tom Stoppard, who in those days smoked not just between courses,but… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
A married person does not live in isolation. He or she has made a promise, a pledge, a vow, to another person.… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
If Jesus ever commanded us to do something that He was unable to equip us to accomplish, He would be a liar.… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Yeah, remember, under the Bush administration, welfare — I mean, excuse me, poverty among African Americans and among single unmarried women, poverty… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none. — Margaret Millar Copy Share Image
There's no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse. — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The difference between an explanation and an excuse lies with the one receiving it — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades. — Karl Shapiro Copy Share Image
When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
Excuse our appearances. We are taking apart yesterday, to make way for tomorrow — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
Mercy laughed. “You have to excuse them—boys suffer from an incurable disability.” “What?” “Testosterone. — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
“But all you see is the crap. So you don't have to believe in anything. So you'll have an excuse to fail.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“Must is not the same as can, Lyra'. 'But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse!” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
