John Prescott

There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

British Politician

Zac Taylor

It's all ball, all the time. You have no excuse to not watch anything you've ever wanted to study in your life, especially in the offseason.

American Coach

Ronald Reagan

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

American President

William Arthur Ward

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

American Writer

Eric Greitens

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

American Politician

Jen Sincero

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

American Author

Robert Kraft

Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.

American Businessman

Joyce Meyer

Don't give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

Roman Statesman

George Harrison

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

British Musician

Used when acknowledging an apology, showing you don't hold a grudge.

Social Etiquette

When forgiving, your tone should convey genuine understanding, not sarcasm.

Sincerity Matters

An excuse may not justify an action; be prepared for it to be challenged.

Not Always Accepted

Excuses should be reasonable; implausible ones might damage your credibility.

Plausibility Counts

Use this when explaining circumstances that make a fault less severe.

Mitigating Factor

Before interrupting or asking something, use 'excuse me' to be polite.

Polite Interjection

You can be excused from tasks if there's a valid reason, like illness.

Get Out of Duty

Politely ask for repetition or clarification if you didn’t hear or understand.

Request for Clarity

Use 'excuse me' to politely capture someone's attention, like a waiter.

Capture Attention

 You're just one of the people who hasn't been told. It's scary to think of ourselves as that powerful, frightening to think we can matter that much to other people. As long as we make leadership something bigger than us, as long as we keep leadership beyond us and make it about changing the world, we give ourselves an excuse not to expect it every day,

Drew Dudley: Everyday...

 you decide to offer your life’s savings to one of the regulation wizards in return for the information, giving him your blank scorecard to fill out. But before he can finish, your boss walks into the tent. You barely manage to hide the scorecard in time, and the wizard excuses himself. Your boss chuckles.

Can you solve the dragon...

 You're too lazy to do it. It's too hard. You're afraid if you look for your passion and don't find it, you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses about why you're not going to look for your passion. They are excuses, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go through a whole long list --

Larry Smith: Why you...

 It totally dominated her imagination for months. Her favorite character was Glinda, of course. It gave her a great excuse to wear a sparkly dress and carry a wand. But you watch that movie enough times, and you start to realize how unusual it is. Now we live today, and are raising our children,

How movies teach manhood...

 actually one of most exciting things about working on tiny Giants was taking the viewer down into the world that these animals live and it's a tiny world where the physics of the world and the nature of the world looks completely different and I think one of the excuses

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 with children all over the world. Here is an example. So in this game, we asked children to guess the numbers on the cards. And we tell them if they win the game, they are going to get a big prize. But in the middle of the game, we make an excuse and leave the room.

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 that this is perhaps why men evolved to be such enthusiastic and frequent masturbators. He said, "If I keep tossing myself off I get fresh sperm being made." Which I thought was an interesting idea, theory. So now you have an evolutionary excuse.

Mary Roach: 10 things...

 patterns as things moved and I was absolutely entranced and mesmerised by the fact that this must be how our brain constructs a moving image just like a video camera with individual discrete pictures helped excuse me having a brain

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 expels about a dozen orange spheroids these are eggs that never developed into babies although anacondas are the largest snakes in the world this trim down mother hasn't eaten in several months you'll have to excuse her if she

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 I didn't see that coming. Excuse me. Rick So we're using all the visual art to change public perceptions through these great kids. I feel as an artist, it's my responsibility. I know that when I was a kid,