Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as… — Howard Schultz
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste… — Junior Seau
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. — William Shakespeare
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. — Nina Simone
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top. — O J Simpson
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in… — Lewis B. Smedes
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible… — Steven Spielberg
God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just… — Charles Stanley
Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day. — Gwen Stefani
God's only excuse is that he does not exist. — Stendhal
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and… — J. Michael Straczynski
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. — Thomas Szasz
We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always… — Serj Tankian
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. — Henry David Thoreau
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. — G. M. Trevelyan
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell… — Iyanla Vanzant
If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse. — Herschel Walker
Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats,… — Herschel Walker
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. — William Arthur Ward
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. — George Washington
It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals… — Andrew Weil
I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good. — Vivienne Westwood
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But… — Olivia Wilde

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