#excuse

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#appointed #basis #choose #clout #communist

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. ↗

— David Frum

#economic #economic issues #environment #environmental #environmental issue

Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an "excuse me". Typical. ↗

— William E. Geist

#joseph #mary #me #much #number

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#because #breathe #dates #dinner #excuse

To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#excuse #generally #gives #got #gratuitous

Excuse me while I kiss the sky. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#i #kiss #me #sky #while

When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?' ↗

— Anthony Holden

#ask #could #enough #excuse #good

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations. ↗

— Alfred Jarry

#audience #comes #excuse #force #merely

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#cool #everyone #excuse #france #french

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#best #buck #coming #done #excuses