#excuse

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#excuse #human #human rights #idea #nothing

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#excuses #her #i #i am #kind

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#answers #direct #energies #excuses #focus

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse. ↗

— Colin Hanks

#because #collect #come #exactly #excuse

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#convincing #excuses #less #several #than

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you "don't have the time". ↗

— Bo Bennett

#bad habits #both #claiming #excuses #habits

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#excuse #find #i #marble #me

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#been #circumstance #costume #excuse #i

Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#day #enough #escape #excuse #get

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#clutches #elsewhere #excuse #get #hearth