Excuse Quotes (249 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Mark Zuckerberg
„When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren't. There are pranks, IMs.“
― Mark Zuckerberg ―
Picture of quotation author James Young
„People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.“
― James Young ―
Picture of quotation author Rosalind Wiseman
„Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.“
Picture of quotation author Carnie Wilson
„There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it.“
― Carnie Wilson ―
Picture of quotation author Olivia Wilde
„A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.“
― Olivia Wilde ―
Picture of quotation author Edmund White
„When a woman falls in love with me, I feel guilty. I am convinced that it's pure obstinacy that keeps me from reciprocating her passion. As I explain to her that I'm gay, it sounds, even to me, like a silly excuse; I scarcely believe it myself.“
― Edmund White ―
Picture of quotation author Edmund White
„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.“
― Edmund White ―
Picture of quotation author Deryck Whibley
„As you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark.“
― Deryck Whibley ―
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.“
Picture of quotation author Ida B. Wells
„In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.“
― Ida B. Wells ―
Picture of quotation author Andrew Weil
„It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life.“
― Andrew Weil ―
Picture of quotation author George Washington
„It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.“
Picture of quotation author Murray Walker
„And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.“
― Murray Walker ―
Picture of quotation author Herschel Walker
„If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.“
― Herschel Walker ―
Picture of quotation author William T. Vollmann
„If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.“
Picture of quotation author Jane Velez-Mitchell
„There's no excuse in a technological age where we've got drones - you know, overhead, and we can monitor anything, all sorts of minutia - that we can't track living flesh-and-blood children.“
Picture of quotation author Iyanla Vanzant
„I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.“
― Iyanla Vanzant ―
Picture of quotation author Jonathan Turley
„There are many people that frankly cannot get themselves to oppose Barack Obama. They make a lot of excuse for him.“
― Jonathan Turley ―
Picture of quotation author Henry David Thoreau
„If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.“
Picture of quotation author Ryan Tedder
„With iPhones, nobody has an excuse for writer's block. If you're at Whole Foods getting your green tea extract and you have a melody, you just drop it into your voice memo and save it for later.“
― Ryan Tedder ―

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