The foolish square calves pretend to be frightened of our train. Bluffers! Haven't they seen it every day since they were born?… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
For all the flailing and huffing and puffing, there is a kind of fatality about the process of war-making and the excuses… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Don't you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. "Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, traffic."… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
There was no sign of Jules. “Bad news,” said Elliot. “The man is sick. You’re going to have to settle for me.”… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
All that matters to me is the man in front of me right now. (Tory) I’m not a man, Soteria. (Acheron) I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Blaming is just another sorry excuse, and making excuses is the first step towards both misery and failure. YOU, and only you,… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I thought 'How can I stop playing or give myself an excuse to stop playing? So I snapped my cue on Friday.… — Ronnie O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
Finish this lecture, go outside, and unexpectedly get gored by an elephant, and you are going to secrete glucocorticoids. There's no way… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you have to do with one who is unquestionably a slanderer, do not excuse him by calling him frank and free-spoken;… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me. He didn't know whether he was happy to have… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Religion can be a good thing, but basically the way I look at it is that it provides a moral code, common… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think… — Jane Green Copy Share Image
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The man of genius knows what he is aiming at; nobody else knows. And he alone knows when something comes between him… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When we're trying to form and keep habits, we often search - even unconsciously - for loopholes. We look for justifications that… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Know that once we have received Jesus, we can't continue to live our old sinful lifestyle. Now that we have His Holy… — Stormie Omartian Copy Share Image
I wandered around in a confused daze for most of the '90s unable to even remember why I wanted to be a… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
There's no real excuse for being successful enough as an actor to do what you want and then selling out. You do… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Working from home or going on maternity leave is no excuse to let go of your look. The more you schlep around… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of… — Ray Bourque Copy Share Image
I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
If someone wants to see you they'll make time, if not they'll make an excuse. Excuses aren't a good sign. Sometimes it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I know real cops. When they're paired up together, they get so close, you know? There's no excuse for it, but these… — Kenny Johnson Copy Share Image
The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims.… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Women wanted to be viewed as equals to men. So men were like, 'You wanna be viewed as equal to me, then… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
The subject of pain is the business I am in - to give meaning and shape to frustration and suffering. The existence… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I've always believed that anyone can achieve their dreams, regardless. I've always had this attitude about no excuses. A belief that I… — Kyle Maynard Copy Share Image
