Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. Some of the… — Mark Zuckerberg
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I have read and… — John B. S. Haldane
Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time. — Tom Petty
My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. — Joan Bauer
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a… — Flannery O'Connor
It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken — Walter Dean Myers
Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.”… — James Patterson
When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport, we still snatch… — George Bernard Shaw
I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello… — Shel Silverstein
A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect. — John H. McWhorter
Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. — Steve Martin
The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to… — Erica Jong
Never ruin an apology with an excuse. — Benjamin Franklin
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure. — Jim Rohn
For like a poisonous breath over the fields, like a mass of locusts over Egypt, so the swarm of excuses is a general plaque, a… — Soren Kierkegaard
So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an excuse to vomit… — Daphne du Maurier
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think very… — Jane Austen
Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse. — Philip Pullman
No excuses. No explanations. — Tony Dungy
I felt mocked. "That's what I get for trusting you." He took a step back. "Excuse me! Trust doesn't mean you get the response you… — Elizabeth Chandler
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can. — Ashleigh Brilliant
When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Excuse me, I said. I thought you were a trout stream. I'm not, she said. — Richard Brautigan
Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want. — William P. Young

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