Excuse Quotes

1674 Excuse quotes by 1175 unique authors

Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that… — George Bernard Shaw
Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. — William J. Clinton
Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward… — Aristotle
My point to you is, there is no such thing as a flop that takes the field for our football team. Just so ya know,… — Les Miles
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used… — Robert Foster Bennett
Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head.… — Monica Dickens
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite… — John Steinbeck
Potential is an excuse to procrastinate; Ambition is a means to thrive. — Unknown Author
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse… — Alan Cohen
The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right… — George Bernard Shaw
International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even have the philanthropic… — Danny Baker
I'd been ill and hadn't trained for a week and I'd been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I wasn't sharp.… — Unknown Author
The last thing we can afford right now is to make excuses. We're inexperienced at some spots, that's the way it is. We have injuries,… — Unknown Author
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate… — Thomas Piketty
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman
If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse. — Ryan Blair
There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation. — Irene Khan
The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity. — Barack Obama
Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can… — Desmond Tutu

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