Excuse Quotes
1674 quotes by 1175 authors
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I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how…
— Caleb Carr
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It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too…
— Benjamin Carson
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So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
— Benjamin Carson
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I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism,…
— Jimmy Carter
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What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think…
— Jimmy Carter
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
— George Washington Carver
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The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time…
— Shirley Chisholm
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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
— Tommy Chong
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I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and…
— Louie Anderson
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Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned…
— John C. Maxwell
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Make choices-not excuses.
— Charles J. Givens
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The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you…
— Benjamin Haydon
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You face adversity all the time. I accept what lies ahead and then I do my best. You can't take things too seriously, and you…
— Kristine Lilly
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Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow…
— Frank Moore Colby
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If this is your God, he's not very impressive. He has so many psychological problems; he's so insecure. He demands worship every seven days. He…
— Gene Roddenberry
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Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'.
— Robert Foster Bennett
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if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God? Of course not.…
— Swami Vivekananda
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The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen and bigotry; it makes patriotism…
— William Hazlitt
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