Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

You can make money and you can make excuses, but you can never make money out of excuses — Bill Gates
Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It… — Thomas S. Monson
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let them engage with… — Matt Fraction
Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness. — Judith Martin
When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath… — Anthony Holden
I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes. — Oscar Wilde
In New York, Catholic groups have forced an art gallery to shut down an exhibition of a six-foot image of Jesus in chocolate. So, the… — Bill Maher
Sometimes I wish I had a terrible childhood, so that at least I'd have an excuse. — Jimmy Fallon
The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your… — Chrissie Hynde
Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended. — Thomas Jefferson
But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy. — Clive Barker
The liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures. — William Kristol
When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back. It's not like somebody's gonna save you if you start babbling… — Unknown Author
The more you stop giving power to your excuses, the more you'll send power to your dreams. — Robin Sharma
The only good excuse for not succeeding is DEATH! Unless you're trying to be a ghost. Then it's LIFE! — Craig Benzine
We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived. — William Grant Bangerter
Never use prayer as an excuse to procrastinate doing what you already know is the right thing to do. — Rick Warren
'An order is an order' was not an excuse to do the wrong thing. You couldn't just blindly follow a government order ... This whole… — Matt Shea
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without… — Ida B. Wells
The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase: the greater the degree of consciousness, the… — Soren Kierkegaard
The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because the administration failed… — Jon Corzine
Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we… — Vincent de Paul
Still I made one excuse after another, and Jesus would answer, 'Go, and I will be with you'... Then Jesus said again, 'Go, and I… — Maria Woodworth-Etter
I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him merely seize me, and only declare me to be dead, but… — John Donne

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