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54 Excused quotes by 51 unique authors

If each side had been frankly contending for its own real wish, they would all have kept within the bounds of reason and courtesy; but… — C.S. Lewis
They wordlessly excused each other for not loving each other as much as they had planned to. There were empty rooms in the house where… — Miranda July
Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to. — Mary Roach
Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused. — J.R.R. Tolkien
It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A… — Christopher Hitchens
He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, "If she hadn't said so-and-so, it… — D. H. Lawrence
Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?'… — Anne Fortier
I am very much out of my element here. There are moments, listening to the conversations going on around me, when I feel I am… — Mary Roach
We are so afraid of the idea of having to die… that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were… — Jose Saramago
God doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No! — Alan Bennett
And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned,… — Terry Pratchett
Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction… — C.S. Lewis
There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at… — Veronica Roth
As evolutionary time is measured, we have only just turned up and have hardly had time to catch breath, still marveling at our thumbs, still… — Lewis Thomas
After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a… — Charles Darwin
The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police… — Geoff Mulgan
No day passes without a Democratic politician, a left-wing commentator, or, if I may be excused a redundancy, a left-wing academic labeling Republicans and conservatives… — Dennis Prager
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting as it is… — Joel Edgerton
A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so. — John Norman
But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to… — Simon Greenleaf
The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason.… — Gil Gerard
No one ever excused his way to success. — Unknown Author
A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused… — Bill Maher
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits… — Eric Idle
Neon shines through smokey eyes tonight, It's 2 AM, I'm drunk again, It's heavy on my mind...Excused me please, one more drink, Could you make… — Dave Matthews Band

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