Quotes About Excuse

Una excusa es lo que haces una vez cometida la acción, mientras que una justificación es lo que ofreces antes.

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My shortcomings are no excuse for others acting in that way," Wallander said. "Not my superior in any case.

My excuse for not lecturing against the use of tobacco is, that I never chewed it; that is a penalty which reformed tobacco chewers have to pay; though there are things enough I have chewed, which I could lecture against. If you should ever be betrayed into any of these philanthropies, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does , for it is not worth knowing. Rescue the drowning and tie your shoe-strings. Take your time, and set about some free labor.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.

I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

I am concerned about any attrition in customer traffic at Starbucks, but I don't want to use the economy, commodity prices or consumer confidence as an excuse.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone.

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

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

I watch a lot of Disney films and whenever one of my little nieces is round I'll slap on 'Cinderella' or 'Hercules' and use them as an excuse to watch it.

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps.

I wish I could understand why so many people have a nearly manic desire to excuse, defend, explain or condone evil.

First oppression is made into an excuse for terrorism, and then terrorism is made into an excuse for oppression.

The guilty always find a way of rationalizing their behavior, making it sound as though they've done you a favor.

Hell, why should I have to find a pretext for every single thing I do?

We have no idea any more what it means to feel guilty. The communists have the excuse that Stalin misled them, murdurers have the excuse that their mothers didn't love them. And suddenly you come out and say: there is no excuse. No one could be more innocent in his soul and conscience than Oedipus, and yet he punished himself when he saw what he had done.

All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.