Excuse Quotes - Page 35

• My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

  Albert Camus

  Giving, Judging, Pieces

  Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

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• There was no sign of Jules. “Bad news,” said Elliot. “The man is sick. You’re going to have to settle for me.” “Sick?” Vee demanded. “How sick? What kind of excuse is sick?” “Sick as in it’s coming out both ends.” Vee scrunched her nose. “Too much information.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Men, Sick, News

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• I deciced if I were ever to get into booze and women, my line would be, 'Excuse me, madam, but I would really love to bed and muss you. . . . Are you perchance free this evening?

  Rachel Cohn

  Christmas, Bed, Would Be

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.35, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can't see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.

  Erma Bombeck

  Memories, Eye, Thinking

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• We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But what are we to say of the fanatic who wrecks this world out of hatred of the other? He sacrifices the very existence of humanity to the non-existence of God. He offers his victims not to the altar, but merely to assert the idleness of the altar and the emptiness of the throne. He is ready to ruin even that primary ethic by which all things live, for his strange and eternal vengeance upon some one who never lived at all.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Sacrifice, Hatred, Humanity

  "Orthodoxy". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, Chapter VIII. "The Romances of Orthodoxy", 1908.

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• Meditate?” I took my head out from under the pillow, shook dark hair back from my face, and rolled over on my side to look at him. “Excuse me, but the closest I ever got to having a spiritual awakening was dating a yoga instructor. Once.

  Rachel Caine

  Spiritual, Yoga, Dark

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Heat Stroke”, p.14, Allison & Busby

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• Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Pockets, December

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• She frowned."You're not very friendly." I let out a short laugh."What?I'm not friendly to a ghost who floats into my house and starts touching me?Well,excuse my rudeness but this is a little disturbing.

  Abbi Glines

  Laughing, House, Touching

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• Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

  Michael Scott

  Long, Adults, Sophie

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.25, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• 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

  Cry, Pleasure, Source

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• As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.

  Tim Gunn

  Inspiration, Long, Amazon

  Tim Gunn (2010). “Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work”, Simon and Schuster

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• Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though, he was making excuses for the British Empire’s budget deficits. It has no moral significance.

  Haruki Murakami

  Revenge, Yield, Cost

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• We should challenge the relativism that tells us there is no right or wrong, when every instinct of our mind knows it is not so, and is a mere excuse to allow us to indulge in what we believe we can get away with. A world without values quickly becomes a world without value.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Believe, Indulge In, Challenges

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• Schist," said an angry voice from the grass. Hazel raised her eyebrows. "Excuse me?" "Schist! Big pile of schist!

  Rick Riordan

  Eyebrows, Voice, Grass

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• In middle school, my friends decided I was weird, and they didn’t like my hair. They ditched me and talked behind my back, which is cool — I’m over it. [laughs] One time I called them and said, “Hey, do you want to go to the Berkshire Mall?” They all gave me excuses and said no. So I go to the mall with my mom, and don’t you know, we run into all of them. Together. Shopping. My mom could see I was about to cry, so she said, “You know what? We’re going to the King of Prussia mall,” which was the mecca.

  Taylor Swift

  Mom, Running, Kings

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• Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.

  Emily Giffin

  Couple, Real, Team

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Blue: A Novel”, p.97, St. Martin's Press

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• The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.

  Margaret George

  Strong, Looks, Weak

  Margaret George (2011). “The Memoirs of Cleopatra”, p.198, Pan Macmillan

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• Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.

  Albert Payson Terhune

  Winning, Losing, Boast

  Albert Payson Terhune (1930). “To the Best of My Memory”, New York : Harper

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• Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

  George S. Patton

  Faults

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• I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even bother? What's the point really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do." He moved down to start bagging while I just stood there, letting this sink in. Just something you have to do. No excuse or rationale necessary. I kind of like that.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Stuff, Kind

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.116, Penguin

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• Excuse me, Abigail, but whose shift did she get away during?' Townsend asked with a glare. 'Excuse me, Townsend, but who was supposed to booby-trap the doors?' 'I'm an agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service,' Townsend said, indignant. 'I do not do booby traps.

  Ally Carter

  Doors, Secret, Majesty

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• Excuse me, but aren't boys forbidden on this floor?' Macey said on our way to the suite. 'That's the advantage of being the only boy,' he (Zach) said. 'No one actually comes right out and makes rules like that.

  Ally Carter

  Boys, Way, Advantage

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• Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.

  George R. R. Martin

  Wind, Promise, Blunt

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.23, Bantam

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• The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Drinking, Believe, People

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• Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've woven, you'll never get rid of the stain.

  Jodi Picoult

  Wall, Lying, Reality

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.74, Simon and Schuster

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