#excuse

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#excuse #fault #never #nor #present

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#crowd #defend #excuses #favorite #hidden

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#born #excuse #first #first time #getting

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#beyond #control #exchange #excuse #i

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#enough #excuse #having #lazy #poor

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#excuse #excusing #fault #make #oftentimes

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. ↗

— Nina Simone

#heroes #heroines #knowing #not knowing #people

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#excuse #never #perjury #respect #truth

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for halloween everyday. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#being #everyday #excuse #halloween #like

I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. "We're supposed to be celebrating our two-week anniversary tonight." "Uh, news for you, honey - two weeks is no anniversary." "What should I tell him? I don't even want to go." "Tell him you just got a new bra and it's shy around strangers. ↗

— Robin Brande

#humor #humor