Excuse Quote by Agatha Christie

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

— Agatha Christie

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

— Benjamin Franklin

Perhaps, when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

The man who takes time to explain his mistakes has little time left for anything else

— Samuel Butler

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Even good excuses, really good ones, don't help very much. Explanations, on the other hand, are both scarce and useful. And accurate forecasts and…

— Seth Godin

I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.

— Errol Morris

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.

— Samuel Foote

With our human limitations we're not always able to understand the explanations.

— Madeleine L'Engle

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

We must use our knowledge to conquer our weaknesses rather than making excuses for our poor behavior.

— Senora Roy

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully…

— Livy