Excuse Quotes - Page 36

• There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you're Shaq or Ray Romano. But somehow people manage. If your man is using money as an excuse not to marry you, it's your relationship that's insecure, not his bank account.

  Greg Behrendt

  Insecure, Men, People

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.

  Greg Behrendt

  Men, Mass Destruction, Care

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.

  Woody Allen

  Death, Witty, Humorous

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• She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

  Jay Asher

  Lying, Believe, Want

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.238, Penguin

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• How inexplicable it seems. Anything else will be accepted as a better excuse. If one sets aside time for a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement or a shopping expedition, that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because that is my hour to be alone, one is considered rude, egotistical or strange.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Shopping, Rude, Engagement

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1975). “GIFT FROM THE SEA”

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• If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

  Jim Thompson

  Mistake, People, Want

  Jim Thompson (1997). “Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s”

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• Excuse my mistakes, realize my limitations. Life is not easy as we know it on the earth.

  E. M. Forster

  Mistake, Earth, Realizing

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• Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.

  Tamora Pierce

  Said, Excuse Me

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Inspiration is an excuse for doing something you already want to do.

  Lauren Kate

  Inspiration, Want

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• I know how you guys feel about us. I'm not stupid, and believe me, I've tried to get you out of my head. But there isn't enough liquor or art or any other distraction in the world to do it. I had to stop going to Wolfe's because it was too hard being that close to you, even if it was all just pretend fighting. I couldn't stand the touching. It was agonizing because it meant something to me－and I knew it meant nothing to you. I kept telling myself to stay away altogether, and then I'd find excuses… like the car… anything to be around you again.

  Richelle Mead

  Art, Stupid, Believe

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.323, Penguin

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• Excuse me?" Jess asked in disbelief. "This is Frozen Zarek I'm talking to, right? Not some weird pod person?" He shook his head at Jess's joking. "It's me, dickless." "Hey, now, that's way too personal. I don't need to know that much about you.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Talking, Needs, Hey

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dance With the Devil”, p.325, Macmillan

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• My hair is so scary that if you saw it walking down the street, you'd cross to the other side. This humidity is not helping. It's just an excuse for my hair to let its frizz flag fly.

  Susane Colasanti

  Hair, Scary, Flags

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.17, Penguin

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• Cassandra, when you want to speak to me, you should say 'Excuse me, Mrs. Johnson.' Then wait until you get my attention." "Excuse me, Mrs. Johnson. Do I have your attention now?

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Waiting, Attention, Want

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2011). “The Name of this Book is Secret: The Secret Series”, p.70, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or ironic. if they say "I wish someone would drop a bomb on this school right now," that means they have arranged for a nuclear arsenal to be emptied onto the school and should be immediately suspended and ridiculed. if they say they were merely coming up with a joking excuse to postpone a bio test, reply that all jokes are funny, and that since dropping a bomb on a school is not funny, it is therefore not a joke.

  David Levithan

  Teacher, Teenager, School

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• Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with us, we are convinced we are in danger. Our shame fuels ongoing fear, and our fear fuels more shame. The very fact that we feel fear seems to prove that we are broken or incapable. When we are trapped in trance, being fearful and bad seem to define who we are. The anxiety in our body, the stories, the ways we make excuses, withdraw or lash out—these become to us the self that is most real.

  Tara Brach

  Real, Believe, Self

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• I am the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not judge yourself, to not hate yourself.

  Lady Gaga

  Hate, Judging, Identity

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• My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Past, Obstacles, My Past

  Kelley Armstrong (2009). “Stolen”, p.194, Vintage Canada

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• Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.

  Jasper Fforde

  Used, Should, Estates

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• Waiting for my real life to start is no excuse to waste the life I have right now.

  Susane Colasanti

  Real, Waiting, Waste

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• had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

  Kenny Chesney

  Crazy, Brave, Done

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• McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Color, Hardship, Might

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• I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.

  Ned Vizzini

  People, Acting, Today

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• Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse

  Carl Sagan

  War, Thinking, Nuclear

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.349, Ballantine Books

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• Kami said, "I want you to go in there and vamp that receptionist." "What?" Ash said blankly. "You know," Kami said. "Dazzle her with your charms. Rock her world. Go on." [...] "What," Ash said, "all of us?" "Do you want to stand around trying to guess if she likes pretty boys or rough trade?" Jared asked, gesturing lazily from Ash to himself. "Excuse me, what did you just call yourself?" Ash demanded. "No, wait a second, I don't care. What did you just call me?

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Boys, Rocks, Waiting

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• We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges.

  Albert Camus

  Children, Philosophy, Perfect

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.3, Vintage

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