Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music. — Stone Gossard
My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for… — Ellie Goulding
I not only loved studying theater, I loved being a theater major. It gave me an excuse to brood, to grow a beard, to wear… — Stephen Colbert
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea Party groups and… — Gail Collins
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better. — Mason Cooley
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people… — Benedict Cumberbatch
There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really… — Louis C. K.
It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it. — Bobby Darin
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss.… — Bette Davis
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps… — Richard Dawkins
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech. — Alan Dershowitz
Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had… — Ani DiFranco
I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons. — Mike Dirnt
People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are… — Mike Ditka
I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse. — Stephen R. Donaldson
I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid… — Robert Duvall
The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. — Shirin Ebadi
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to… — Lupe Fiasco
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use… — Joshua Foer
Excuse me while I kiss the sky. — Jimi Hendrix
Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. — Aldous Huxley
Several excuses are always less convincing than one. — Aldous Huxley
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I… — Derek Jeter
When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses. — Derek Jeter

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