#excuse

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #excuse




I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.


John Engler


#claims #decision #difference #early #excuses

Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.


Jeanne Calment


#excuse #i #life #me #parents

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.


Benjamin Jowett


#achieved #any #excuse #idleness #mere

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.


Robert Caro


#early #easy #everything #excuse #fool

He 's ruthless only because of his ideals. Unfortunately he doesn't succeed. The thing fails and gets out of hand and takes charge of him. Idealism is the only excuse he could have and it's a great excuse.


Terence Fisher


#charge #could #excuse #fails #gets

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.


Jon Corzine


#adequate #administration #again #because #ensure

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.


Tahar Ben Jelloun


#excused #heard #individual #otherwise #sings

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.


David Frum


#economic #economic issues #environment #environmental #environmental issue

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.


Jimi Hendrix


#i #kiss #me #sky #while

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.


Scott Thompson


#cool #everyone #excuse #france #french