Excuse Quotes

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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude… — Hannah Arendt
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished. — Mikhail Bakunin
Excuse the mess but we live here. — Roseanne Barr
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. — William Blake
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day… — Michael Bloomberg
I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living. — Alain de Botton
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength. — George W. Bush
Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old. — Michael Caine
When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I… — Sophia Bush
And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses.… — Octavia Butler
People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to… — Herman Cain
The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of… — Herman Cain
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. — Benjamin Franklin
The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other. — Albert Camus
Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction… — Jack Canfield

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