Excuse Quotes
1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors
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There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and…
— Clarence Darrow
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Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.
— Roberto Orci
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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing…
— Dan Ariely
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We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.
— Bryan Batt
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I love escaping into film, because everyday life I find quite troublesome. So any excuse to go into a cinema and say goodbye to the…
— Alison Goldfrapp
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Though I thoroughly enjoyed playing crime branch officer Gautam Savant, it drained a lot out of me, too. It shook my faith in myself, as…
— Randeep Hooda
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Mentorship has been an excuse not to promote women.
— Beth Brooke
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Putting myself into categories is fun, and I think it also gives me insight into my own nature. When I see myself more clearly, I…
— Gretchen Rubin
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Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused…
— Billy Graham
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I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed.
— Richard Dawkins
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It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.
— Charles Studd
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I used to always sit in church looking out the windows at the boys, wondering if I could make an excuse to go out and,…
— Dolly Parton
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Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang.
— Derrick Jensen
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One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension…
— Adam Rapp
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There are many people that frankly cannot get themselves to oppose Barack Obama. They make a lot of excuse for him.
— Jonathan Turley
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There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive…
— Peter Singer
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For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.
— Robert Gottlieb
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Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.
— Stefan Sagmeister
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I love any excuse to work with a mortar and pestle.
— Alain Ducasse
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I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and…
— Sarah Waters
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I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are…
— Kailash Satyarthi
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Everyone on the Left has a favorite story that allows them to kind of excuse Reagan, explain away Reagan, say he was dumb, but unless…
— Rick Perlstein
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I like learning things, and I like that writing comics is an excuse to look into new stuff and research and learn new things and…
— Charles Soule
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Ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse for accused criminals, and it cannot be an excuse for members of Congress.
— Paul Broun
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I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I…
— William Lloyd Garrison
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