Jean-Paul Sartre - George Carlin - Aldous Huxley - Benjamin Franklin - Henry Ward Beecher - George Washington - Nina Simone - Murray Walker - Oscar Wilde - George Harrison - Dorothy Parker - Jules Renard - Aesop - Gertrude Stein - Clinton Morrison - Niccolo Machiavelli -
5,569. We are alone with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself; yet, in other respects, if free, because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. (Freedom & Alone & Excuse) Jean-Paul Sartre
5. God excuse: the last refuge of man with no answers and no argument – it came from God! (God & Excuse & Argument) George Carlin
71,748. Several excuses are always less convincing than one. Aldous Huxley
63,511. Never ruin an apology with an excuse. (Apology & Excuse) Benjamin Franklin
71,749. Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher
71,750. It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington
71,751. There’s no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. (Excuse & Hero) Nina Simone
71,752. And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself. Murray Walker, motor racing commentary
71,753. Good taste is the excuse I’ve always given for leading such a bad life. Oscar Wilde
71,754. The world used us as an excuse to go mad. George Harrison
50,892. EXCUSE MY DUST (Epitaph & Dust & Excuse) Dorothy Parker, proposed inscription for gravestone 1925
71,755. The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. (Excuse & Freedom) Jules Renard
71,756. Any excuse will serve a tyrant. (Excuse & Tyrant) Aesop
71,757. A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. (Excuse & Failure) Gertrude Stein
40,241. I’d been ill and hadn’t trained for a week and I’d been out of the team for three weeks before that, so I wasn’t sharp. I got cramp before half-time as well. But I’m not one to make excuses. (Football & Excuse) Clinton Morrison
72,047. If … sometimes you need to conceal a fact with words, do in in such a way that it does not become known, or, if it does become known, that you have a ready and quick defence. (Facts & Excuse) Niccolo Machiavelli