Excuse Quotes - Page 30

• That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!

  Anne Bishop

  Land, People, Misunderstood

  4 Copy quote

• For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as quickly as one can.

  Walker Percy

  People, Doubt, Growing

  Walker Percy (2011). “The Moviegoer”, p.45, Open Road Media

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? ’Cos I don’t.” He turned and walked back to the hated door. “Er, excuse me,” said Ford following after him, “which government owns this ship?” Marvin ignored him. “You watch this door,” he muttered, “it’s about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates.

  Douglas Adams

  Jobs, Government, Air

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart.

  Bono

  Heart, Color, Greed

  7 Copy quote

• I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think he's old enough to have discovered the reasons behind his insecurity, and do something about them." ...Lucy

  Jane Green

  Insecure, Thinking, Insecurity

  6 Copy quote

• Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Stories, No Excuses, Perks Of A Wallflower

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Though I have to admit, I had a good laugh when I realized you thought I was a bloodsucker." He smiles. "Oh, well excuse me. I mean since there are immortals running around, I figure we may as well bring on the faeries, wizards, werewolves, and—" I shake my head. "I mean jeez, you talk about all this like it's normal!

  Alyson Noel

  Running, Mean, Laughing

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.168, Pan Macmillan

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm only saying I want you to be happy. I hate your being unhappy. I don't mind anything you do that makes you happy." You just want an excuse. If I sleep with anybody else, you feel you can do the same - any time." That's neither here nor there. I want you to be happy, that's all." You'd make my bed for me?" Perhaps.

  Graham Greene

  Hate, Sleep, Mind

  8 Copy quote

• Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked.

  Janet Evanovich

  Coffee, Pie, Heat

  Janet Evanovich (2008). “To the Nines”, p.125, Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Olivia: You didn't even know I was there! Harry: Excuse me, yes I did.

  Julia Quinn

  Olivia, Excuse Me, Knows

  4 Copy quote

• Courage is a fickle creature. Just as you need it, it often makes excuses and rushes out of the room.

  Janette Rallison

  Needs, Fickle, Rooms

  Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

  Jasper Fforde

  War, Causes, Causes Of War

  Jasper Fforde (2013). “The Thursday Next Collection 1-3: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots”, p.81, Hachette UK

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses.

  Dean Koontz

  Understanding, Answers, Cruelty

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Intensity: A Novel”, p.292, Bantam

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• Excuse me? I'm alive too.

  James Patterson

  Alive, Maximum Ride, Excuse Me

  "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". Book by James Patterson, May 29, 2007.

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and say, "God, you don't know what it's like! You don't understand! You have no idea what I'm going through. You don't have a clue how much this hurts." The cross is God's way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments. The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, "Me too.

  Rob Bell

  Hurt, Blood, Sky

  Rob Bell (2010). “Sex God”, p.76, Harper Collins

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is no excuse for not trying.

  Barack Obama

  Trying, No Excuses

  "Obama school speech steers clear of politics". www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2009.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly, "did you know that Lucius Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea, Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform. Gave you a cast-iron excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?

  J. K. Rowling

  Dog, Clever, Ideas

  4 Copy quote

• [...]you know what they say about messengers, right"? Excuse me?" Too much bad news will get you shot."[...]

  J.R. Ward

  News, Too Much, Messengers

  J. R. Ward (2011). “Lover Awakened: Number 3 in series”, p.281, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The world going insane and evil letting slip the birds of war is no excuse for sloppy vocabulary.

  P. C. Cast

  War, Vocabulary, Evil

  6 Copy quote

• I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

  Patrick Ness

  Order, Dawn, Mayors

  4 Copy quote

• You'll have to ask Bill that, Sookie. And this is the only reason we're going? You're not cleverly using this as an excuse to make out with me?" "I'm not that clever, Eric." "I think you deceive yourself, Sookie," Eric said with a brilliant smile.

  Charlaine Harris

  Clever, Thinking, Eric

  Charlaine Harris (2002). “Living Dead in Dallas: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.206, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse ... Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

  Barack Obama

  Home, Writing, Destiny

  Barack Obama's back-to-school speech at Wakefield High School Arlington, Virginia, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2009.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or an excuse for their own boredom. I did not care for young people.

  Francoise Sagan

  Drama, College, People

  FRANCOISE SAGAN (1955). “BONOUR TRISTESSE”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sure Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are waiting to celebrate with you, and it would be a shame to deprive them of this excellent excuse to make a great deal of mess and noise.

  J. K. Rowling

  Waiting, Bed, Would Be

  73 Copy quote

• If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.

  Rebecca Stead

  Hurt, Boys, People

  8 Copy quote