Excuse Quotes

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.

It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.

Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

Calls ignored, texts unanswered, short replies, excuses made. All I can say is don't be surprised when you're not in my future.

The worries that are the burden of which the privileged person makes an excuse in dealing with the oppressed person are in fact the worries about preserving his privileged condition.

Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

Forgiveness doesn't excuse their actions. Forgiveness stops their actions from destroying your heart.

There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

Women wanted to be viewed as equals to men. So men were like, 'You wanna be viewed as equal to me, then open your own damn door.' But I still don't view it as an excuse to be an a**hole.

There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse.

Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.

Tobacco is the only excuse for Columbus's misadventure in discovering America.

Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

Excuse me, everybody, I have to go to the bathroom. I really have to telephone, but I'm too embarrassed to say so.

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening?

You can't say, I won't write today because that excuse will extend into several days, then several months, then... you are not a writer anymore, just someone who dreams about being a writer.

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Dont blame others for your own inadequacies.

This is a world inhabited not by people who have to be persuaded to believe but by people who want an excuse to believe.

Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting wee creatures without compromising their radical credentials

What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?

Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.

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 one is his cowardice

How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.

Pay attention, people! There's no excuse for making the same mistakes that others have made. If you do, it's your own fault and you should expect no sympathy, no compassion.

The only excuse for God is that he doesn't exist.

A lie is an excuse guarded

As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together

Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Early bird gets the worm, but the second worm gets to live. Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.

We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

I think there's almost nothing I can't excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.

The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.

Excuses are the words coming from the loser in you.

Beauty is its own excuse.

Ignorance of the law is no good excuse, where every man is bound to take notice of the laws to which he is subject.

Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking.

I think we live in an age of self empowerment and possibilities, the only excuse to not do something is yourself.

As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.

The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward.

I'm really, really, really, really conservative with money. I got to give myself a lot of excuses to spend money, because I come from nothin'.

Really, when I think it over, literature has only one excuse for existing; it saves the person who makes it from the disgustingness of life.