Excuse Quotes
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We practically always excuse things when we understand them.
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I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain.
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This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at fault for an excuse, which makes an outcry at the wound which it condones, is one of the most distinctive features of the journalist. This camaraderie (the word is a stroke of genius) corrodes the noblest minds; it eats into their pride like rust, kills the germ of great deeds, and lends a sanction to moral cowardice.
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If God allows us to remain Methodist, Baptist, or Episcopalian, it may be on account of the unconverted, that they may be without excuse; that every type of man may be confronted with a corresponding type of doctrine and of method. Surely there are means adapted to your state, and ministries fitted to your peculiar temperament.
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I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
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Beaten biscuits: This is the most laborious of cakes, and also the most unwholesome, even when made in the best manner. We do not recommend it; but there is no accounting for tastes. Children would not eat these biscuits-nor grown persons either, if they can get any other sort of bread. When living in a town where there are bakers, there is no excuse for making Maryland biscuit. Believe nobody that says they are not unwholesome. . . . Better to live on Indian cakes.
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Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see if you don't doubt whether you actually exist. I look at my hands half expecting to see clear through them.
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Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
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The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because the administration failed to act proactively to ensure an adequate supply. There is simply no excuse for this.
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There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.
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He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it.
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There is no excuse for it; it has to stop.
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There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
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I didn't want to use anything as a crutch and ever have excuses heading into a match.
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The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experiences. It's excuses.
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
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My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.
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Only ignorance excuses stupidity
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My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.
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Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a tape recorder, but I suspect his memory claims were just a useful cover to invent dialogue whole cloth.
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In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.
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Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.
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I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.
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There is no excuse for me not getting better. I just have to get better. But all things considered this is a good start to the season.
