I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Why are you bothering? You've got an excuse. You've got bad blood. You must like living; I guess I would if I… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones. — Lee P. Brown Copy Share Image
In a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
If somebody tells me to work or exercise, I go the other way. I'll come up with an excuse. — John Prine Copy Share Image
I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go… — Shannen Doherty Copy Share Image
We do not lack strength so much as the will to use it; and very often our imagining that things are impossible… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The excuses we make to ourselves when we want to do something are excellent material for soliloquies, for they are rarely made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our major rivers as pipelines… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as,… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Most people don't remember names, for the simple reason that they don't take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
Failure to summon forth the courage to risk a nondogmatic and nonevasive stance on such crucial existential matters can also blur our… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
We see buildings in Britain mostly as freestanding objects. They are not meant to have a dialogue with anything around them, or… — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
Is it ok to sometimes be shy?Yes, of course. The point is,that being that way all the time and using it as… — Matthew Hussey Copy Share Image
There are times when the thing we are seeing changes before our very eyes, and if it is a landscape we praise… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
Make the decision that you'll no longer use excuses to keep you from what you know is in your best interest. Today,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The first and most important thing to understand about politics is this: forget Right, Left, Center, socialism, fascism, or democracy. Every government… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers.… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
you gotta think it’s a waste of—” “Ray!” I glanced around, but there was nobody within earshot. “Well, excuse me if I’m… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
