Quotes About Excuse

This lowered him very much in the opinion of all our young fellows. Want of courage is the last thing to be pardoned by young men, who usually look upon bravery as the chief of all human virtues, and the excuse for every possible fault. But, by degrees, everything became forgotten, and Silvio regained his former influence

But" doesn't make an apology, it makes an excuse of your behaviour

Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes.

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.

The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

Sometimes I wish I had a terrible childhood, so that at least I'd have an excuse.

What was the value, really, of an alibi between lovers, friends, or family members? Idea for greeting card: 'Will You Be My Alibi?

To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about it.

Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.

The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, 'Overwhelming feeling of dread.' That was going to go over nicely.

We learned our lessons well, and now we have the opportunity to break the intergenerational chain of workaholism. We have a chance to be different. We have choices. LET ME NOTICE today how many times I use work as an excuse for my inhuman behavior.

I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.

I always loved films, and when I decided to go to film school, it was with the excuse that I would go into making commercials, because that would be a proper profession, and people wouldn't think I was crazy.

It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.

Climate change is not an excuse to give the federal government ever more power over private property and state resources.

Your colleague, Captain Grimes, has been convicted before me on evidence that leaves no possibility of his innocence - of a crime (I might almost call it a course of action) which I can neither understand nor excuse. I dare say I need not particularise.

You'd think you'd been singled out of all the women in the world for this crowning indignity. What if I do! she cried angrily. It isn't an indignity for them. It's their one excuse for living. It's the one thing they're good for. It is an indignity for me.

I excuse you from having to appear in my idea of you.

I think a lot of people want to blame their fathers for not being good enough when they were growing up. I think it can be an excuse for not coming to terms with your own problems.

I think a lot of people see fashion as a feminine art form and use that as an excuse to dismiss it. Highlighting it can be a way of affirming that women's interests are of value.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.

In any bureaucracy, there's a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction.