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Excuse me, but can you be a little more vague? – Tom Zegan
Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him. – Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false is guilty of falsehood, and the accidental truth of the assertion does not justify or excuse him. – Abraham Lincoln
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. – George Washington
Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination. – Melissa Mayer
Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for beingWhy thou wert there, O rival of the roseI never sought to ask, I never knewBut, in my simple ignorance supposeThe selfsame power that brought me there brought you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
To Robert Fulton: What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you excuse me, I have no time to listen to such nonsense. – Napoleon I
I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch--and I will be heard. – William Lloyd Garrison
Luck is an excuse You give for not understanding God's planning – Siddharth Astir
... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission. – John Milton
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. – Charlie McCarthy
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. – Aesop
Before we blame, we should first see if we can't excuse. – G. C. Lichtenberg
Being a woman is of special interest to aspiring male transexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football. – Fran Lebowitz
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. – Edward R. Murrow
Distractions don't exist. We either procrastinate or we are committed. What we call distractions are simply an excuse to procrastinate further. – Brandon A. Trean
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance – Frank Moore Colby
Excuse me while I kiss the sky. – Jimi Hendrix
Excuse me, for I must speak plainly. If you, my dear father, will not take the trouble of checking her exuberant spirits, and of teaching her that her present pursuits are not to be the business of her life, she will soon be beyond the reach of amendment. Her character will be fixed, and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself or her family ridiculous; a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; without any attraction beyond youth and a tolerable person; and, from the ignorance – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Excuse me, for I must speak plainly. If you, my dear father, will not take the trouble of checking her exuberant spirits, and of teaching her that her present pursuits are not to be the business of her life, she will soon be beyond the reach of amendment. Her character will be fixed, and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself or her family ridiculous; a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; without any attraction beyond youth and a tolerable person; and, from the ignorance – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime. – Jimmy Cannon
History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it. – Carl Sandburg
History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed a little land. It's like, Excuse me, let me take your car. I'm discovering it. I'm putting my flag on your windshield. – Mario Van Peebles
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. – Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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