Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously! I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession… — Agatha Christie
which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her shoulder. "Actually, you're… — Sarah Dessen
Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions. — Ayn Rand
Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character. — Spencer W. Kimball
If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkenness and gluttony, that would be false, but it would have a fact hidden… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Excuse me, Captain. Are you two going to weep salty tears of admiration over a helmet all night, or do we have matters to discuss? — Eoin Colfer
Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions! — George Eliot
Carmen hated the 'life is too short" rationalization. She thought it was one of the lamer excuses in the history of excuse-making. Whenever you did… — Ann Brashares
Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… — Frank Herbert
Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character. — Thomas S. Monson
99% of failures come from people who make excuses. — George Washington
First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave. — Hillary Clinton
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something,… — Ken Blanchard
This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had wanted to be… — Ayn Rand
Yes, Eden was beautiful- and if I had to squeeze through corporeal keyholes to crash it- so be it. (Hasn’t it bothered you, this part… — Glen Duncan
Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection to those we… — Graham Greene
I laughed. It was just like Owen to make excuses for someone else’s shortcomings. Even fictional characters. Owen found my tendency to speak my mind… — Rachel Vincent
Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
What's up, Hachi?" "Someone......Just slipped through my force-field." "!!!" "A soul reaper?" "No. The Hachigyo Sogai (Twin Cliffs) I set is an original technique I… — Tite Kubo
The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and… — Anne Ursu
There is a place within each of us where we cannot hide from the truth, where virtue sits as judge. To admit the truth of… — R A Salvatore

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