Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this… — Jack Canfield
Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! -… — Christopher Hampton
Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years.… — Bill Dixon
I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom… — Shannen Doherty
Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink… — Hale Irwin
I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that… — David Frum
I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt… — Joe Pesci
I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything. — Ned Beauman
It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends. — John Bercow
You know the green grifters have no argument when they start raising the 'no blood for oil' cry on the blogs. Excuse me, if Obama's… — Howie Carr
I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to… — John Engler
SCIENCE: a way of finding things out and then making them work. Science explains what is happening around us the whole time. So does RELIGION,… — Terry Pratchett
The statistician cannot excuse himself from the duty of getting his head clear on the principles of scientific inference, but equally no other thinking man… — Ronald Fisher
Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread. — Jeanne Calment
I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just… — Brendan Fehr
Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always… — Doug Flutie
If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave. — Paul Gascoigne
There is no excuse for this administration shielding information about Iraq and the fact that we have great difficulties there from the American people. — Jay Inslee
I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises. — Bill Keller
Jogging in the park is my excuse to look at all the girls. — Ray Davies
Bad news is just an excuse. — Neil Young
We're showing that there's no excuse for other nations to come together, both developed and developing, to achieve a strong global climate agreement next year. — Barack Obama
Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law --… — Clarice Lispector
There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them… — Al Gore
To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals. — Michael Bassey

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