Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used… — Robert Foster Bennett
Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head.… — Monica Dickens
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite… — John Steinbeck
Potential is an excuse to procrastinate; Ambition is a means to thrive. — Unknown Author
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse… — Alan Cohen
The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right… — George Bernard Shaw
International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even have the philanthropic… — Danny Baker
I'd been ill and hadn't trained for a week and I'd been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I wasn't sharp.… — Unknown Author
The last thing we can afford right now is to make excuses. We're inexperienced at some spots, that's the way it is. We have injuries,… — Unknown Author
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate… — Thomas Piketty
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman
If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse. — Ryan Blair
There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation. — Irene Khan
The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity. — Barack Obama
Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can… — Desmond Tutu
Buy ammunition! Remember that a man cannot have too many books, too many wines, or too much ammunition. Our adversaries on the other side are… — Jeff Cooper
Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… — Russell Baker
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers
There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast! — Roscoe Turner
Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and climbed into the cockpit; I… — Charles Rumney Samson
Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There is no excuse… — Unknown Author
Whatever you do, don't ever use a crutch, and don't ever think of having an excuse for not having said, 'Yeah, I did my best.' — Isadore Sharp
Got any excuses tonight Roy? — Antonio Tarver

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