Quotes tagged ‘excuses’

“There are suddenly no possible excuses to put off corrections I should make, with time spread out before me like an unending blanket.”

— Wendy Goodman , The Cut, thecut.com

“It's not a relapse if it's warranted. It's a hall pass.”

— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, imdb.com

“Excuses are like assholes, Taylor, everybody got one.”

— Oliver Stone, Sgt. O'Neill, John C. McGinley, imdb.com

“Winners don’t make excuses when the other side plays the game.”

— Larry Charles, Tom Cherones, Peter Mehlman, Harvey Specter, Gabriel Macht, imdb.com

“Damn it. Everyone is selfish and dishonest. Making excuses. The bandit, the woman, the man, and you!”

— Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Woodcutter, Takashi Shimura, imdb.com

“Lucius: Alright, now to the important business: this company picnic. James: Oh, fuck. Lucius: See, that’s the enthusiasm I love about you guys. Everyone’s coming. Dee: I think I’m getting a toothache. Lucius: Well, bring your dentist.”

— Jack LoGiudice, Paul Eckstein, Lucius Mosley, Terrence Howard, imdb.com

“Lisa: What do you say to a boy to let him know you're not interested? Marge: Well, honey, when I... Homer: Let me handle this, Marge; I've heard 'em all. I like you as a friend... I think we should see other people... I no speak English... Lisa: I get the idea.”

— Frank Mula, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com

“Jai Wilcox: I would like nothing more than to explain things to you. But so much of what I need to tell you is classified. Annie Walker: The problem with this job is that excuses like that are valid.”

— Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Annie Walker, Piper Perabo, imdb.com

“Fez, the foundation of every good relationship is three words: I don't know. Where are you going? I don't know. What are you thinking about? I don't know. Who is that under you? I don't know. You see, it's bulletproof!”

— Chris Petersen, Bryan Moore, Michael Kelso, Ashton Kutcher, imdb.com

“I'll get on a scale and PROVE this wasn't my fault!”

— Shelly Landau, Carol Seaver, Tracey Gold, imdb.com

“This is an excuse, women, and you're not the type to have excuses. You need to be taught. I don't think you're stupid just 'cause you don't know anything....You know, I—that didn't come out right.”

— Allison M. Gibson, Tim Taylor, Tim Allen, imdb.com

“I'm not sleeping, I'm inspecting the inside of my eyelids.”

— Laurence Marks, Hawkeye Pierce, Alan Alda, imdb.com

“Rebecca: Well, if it isn't Mr. 'I can't come to your party, because I have a bunch of complicated reasons. I prob'ly have to buy more black clothing, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.' Greg: That's a long name I have. Polish?”

— Aline Brosh McKenna, Rebecca Bunch, Rachel Bloom, imdb.com

“While poverty is no excuse for violence, let us remember, too, that violence is no excuse for indifference to poverty.”

— Pat Brown, latimes.com

“You can't deposit excuses.”

— Norm Kelly, twitter.com

“There will literally always be an excuse not to do it.”

— Mel Robbins, twitter.com

“If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jen Sincero, amazon.com

“Sorry, my dog ate your text again.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.”

— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”

— George Washington Carver, goodreads.com