I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
Stop giving yourself a way out. Stop giving yourself an excuse to get out of things you're supposed to do. Get up… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it.… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Angel raised her hand. "Excuse me. What does LTC stand for?" She blinked innocently. "Loving Tender Care?"Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My excuse for everything was 'I'm sorry, I'm not J.J. I didn't know how to handle my brother's success. Anything I did… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
“There is no excuse. If you want to write, write.This is your life, you are responsible for it.You will not live forever.Don't… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back,… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Christian should put away all defense and make no attempt to excuse himself either in his own eyes or before the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is not in the event itself but how you think about it and what… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
They used us as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on us. Gandhi says create and preserve the image… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
We can and should seize upon the energy crisis as a good excuse and great opportunity for making some very fundamental changes… — Russell E. Train Copy Share Image
Treat yourself like a fat person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck-you'll stay exactly where… — Chalene Johnson Copy Share Image
People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I don't hate children. My wife and I just didn't think we would be good parents, and also by the time we… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Assimilation is the way you excuse yourself. It absolutely never worked at all. You may not think you are noticeable. But they… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
Every man must be taken to be cognizant of the law, otherwise there is no saying to what extent the excuse of… — Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough Copy Share Image
Here 's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here 's to the widow of fifty; Here 's to the flaunting, extravagant queen,… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Sometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side.… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Don't stop believing, Don't be afraid of change, Don't underestimate yourself, Don't make excuses, Don't cheat yourself, Don't ever ever STOP!” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Excuse me? I’m a girl? And what does that have to do with anything?” I narrowed my eyes. If he didn’t answer… — Maya Bode Copy Share Image
“Whatever you do, don’t make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image