#excuse

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#blame #capable #energy #enough #excuses

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#bored #boredom #crazy #depressed #ever

It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them. ↗

— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

#love #pleasure #love

Anyone can have an off decade. ↗

— Larry Cole

#humor #losers #self-effacement #humor

He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#procrastination #procrastination

We were just looking at maps... ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #map #humor

Our bodies are more than just a vehicle for our minds. They are the inspiration! ↗

— Lorii Myers

#inspiration #no-excuses #succeeding #inspirational

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it. ↗

— Melvyn Douglas

#excuses #make #talk

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... 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

#earnest #excuse #harsh #heard #i

Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you mind telling my son here that you're Uncle Vernon?' I said: 'Get a grip. It's 11:30 at night - what's he doing out of bed? I'm not here to entertain people at this time of night. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#bed #bloke #came #couple #doing