Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy. Sometimes--not often, but sometimes--the cranks… — Matthew Scully
By the time we have our fifth and sixth you'll be a pro." Kane teased. He nuzzled Sebastien head. " Do you hear that, son… — Christine Feehan
Don't bother explaining--I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true. — John Brunner
Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as… — Benjamin Carson
I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done. — Rick Riordan
The air will always be to filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will… — Chuck Palahniuk
The real unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, without anger,… — Lois McMaster Bujold
What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Small Man can be a very funny or a very tiresome Tour Companion, depending on how this kind of thing grabs you. He gambles, he… — Diana Wynne Jones
The thing is that I am a member of that sad, ever-dwindling minority... the child of an unbroken home. I have carried this albatross since… — Martin Amis
I never defended myself. Not once. I never said, "Excuse me? What gives you the right to insult and demean me?" I let them steal… — Julie Anne Peters
Of course, then you nearly crushed to death in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted… — Stephenie Meyer
All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles. — Patricia A. McKillip
Please excuse Jason from eternal damnation. He has had amnesia. — Rick Riordan
I know you'll probably get angry with me for that, shout, stamp your feet: "speak just for yourself and your miseries in the underground, and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death? — James Clavell
Coach Hedge grunted like he was pleased to have an excuse. He unclipped the megaphone from his belt and continued giving directions, but his voice… — Rick Riordan
She took kisses like so many coats of paint […] how long and how vainly I searched for excuses which might make her amorality if… — Lawrence Durrell
When I start a new seminar I tell my students that I will undoubtedly contradict myself, and that I will mean both things. But an… — Madeleine L'Engle
Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady,” one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veritable chills down George’s spine.… — Elizabeth Hoyt
It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and,when the wind turns against us,always to find an excuse for our… — Paulo Coelho
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if… — Jeannette Walls
Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an… — Sophie Kinsella
Scared isn't a good excuse. Scared is the excuse everyone has always used. — John Green

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