Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse. — Shimon Peres
If synagogues are attacked, this would give Jewish extremists an excuse to attack mosques. — Mohammed Dahlan
Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now,… — Joe Abercrombie
All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for… — George W. Bush
The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an… — George W. Bush
Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction. — George S. Patton
You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and… — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
Live with no excuses and love with no regrets. — Montel Williams
The last girl I went out with blew me off. Now I call her with lame excuses to see her, "Hey, did I leave a… — David Spade
A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. — Prince Philip
Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy? — Antonio Tarver
My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Well, I work out three to four times a week, in a gym, which - thank God - is right in my building here in… — Regis Philbin
One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics. — William Feather
If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses. — Hanif Kureishi
Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing… — Ray Bradbury
From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried… — Jurgen Habermas
We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror. — Karl Marx
My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom, — Fela Kuti
We practically always excuse things when we understand them — Mikhail Lermontov

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