Excuse Quotes
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Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance.
Brennan Manning -
To face this fact is to encounter one of the most demanding challenges in thinking about history: explaining how people in the past could have failed to see what seems so clear to us in retrospect. This is an imperative task but also a delicate and exacting one. On one hand, explanation can shade into excuse, on the other hand, passing judgment on the past can be a form of self-congratulation in the present.
Andrew Delbanco
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I don't even have children, it's just been an excuse to play jenga and hit softballs in my backyard with a box of laundry detergant wearing baby clothes.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
Creativity is no excuse for obnoxious behavior
Elizabeth Chandler -
One unforeseen advantage of having a child was that it gave me the excuse to talk to myself to my heart's content and pretend it was for my daughters benefit.
Catherine Sanderson -
Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?
Brian Tracy -
Her mother was my wife," the Count roared, loudest of all. "You pathetic excuse for am money-grubbing fool, you disgrace to the face of the world." And with a shriek of disgust he turned and was gone. Guilietta was beside Inigo then, so excited. "Daddy likes you," she said.
William Goldman -
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
George Foreman
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Love's an excuse to get hurt.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
Nolan Bushnell -
I am an alcoholic, as I said. And it is however we call it, a disease. That's an explanation, but not an excuse.
Malachy McCourt -
The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it.
Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.
David F. D'Alessandro -
Critics must excuse me if I compare them to certain animals called asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them.
William Shenstone
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capital is the result of saving, and not of spending. The spendthrift who wastes his substance in riotous living decreases the capital of the country, and therefore the excuse often made for extravagance, that it is good for trade, is based upon false notions respecting capital.
Millicent Fawcett -
All too often unemployment is used as an excuse for misbehaving when jobs are available within walking distance.
James Cook -
Yeah, there were (defensive) breakdowns but there were also variables into having those breakdowns. I think a lot of the mistakes that we made are definitely preventable, but they're a lapse of mental awareness and that happens with fatigue. I'm not trying to make excuses. This is just the reality of the situation.
Gerry Fleming -
We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.
Francis Chan -
Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.
Joyce Meyer -
There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified.
Millicent Fawcett
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Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.
William P. Young -
Excuse me while I go cry...
Crosby Loggins -
For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.
David Hurn -
I felt mocked. "That's what I get for trusting you." He took a step back. "Excuse me! Trust doesn't mean you get the response you want from someone, but that you'll get an honest response, and that the other person will stick by you even when you can't agree." Stick by you for how long, through how much? I wondered. What is the expiration date on trust?
Elizabeth Chandler