Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss. — Blaise Pascal
We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state. — Antisthenes
Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure to the other… — Barbara Ehrenreich
If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea,… — John Jay Chapman
If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look… — Roddy Doyle
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find… — Henry de Montherlant
Companies, to date, have often used the excuse that they are only beholden to their shareholders, but we need shareholders to think of themselves as… — Simon Mainwaring
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the… — James Laughlin
There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I… — John Prescott
I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the… — Rob Portman
The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. — Sarah Palin
Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse. — Cesar Romero
I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically… — Jonathan Lethem
I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything. — Johan Santana
With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you… — Ryan Tedder
Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail… — Ayelet Waldman
The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to… — Angelina Jolie
I am the owner of my choices. I am the source for the perspectives I choose to hold regardless of how aware I am of… — Mary Anne Radmacher
I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect. — Brit Marling
I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out. — RJ Mitte
Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades. — Karl Shapiro
What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics into… — Bernard Crick
At the height of rush hour, people on the London underground actually say "excuse me." Imagine what would happen if you tried an insane stunt… — Dave Barry
I wish I was a phone machine. I wish if I saw somebody on the street I didn't want to talk to I could just… — Jerry Seinfeld

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