#excuse

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#convenient #deity #drunk #excuse #getting

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength. ↗

— George W. Bush

#crisis #economic #economic growth #excuse #financial

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve. ↗

— Herman Cain

#achieve #back #because #being #excuse

The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls. ↗

— Herman Cain

#am #american #american people #believe #blame

You know the green grifters have no argument when they start raising the 'no blood for oil' cry on the blogs. Excuse me, if Obama's make-sure-your-tires-are-properly-inflated administration would simply allow more energy production here in the U.S., that wouldn't be a problem very long, would it? ↗

— Howie Carr

#allow #argument #blogs #blood #cry

I have to be very careful, however, because I have no intention of providing an excuse for this behavior. It's an attempt to explain how so many women come from backgrounds where the pressure to be a good mother is so severe that if they can't do it, something really snaps. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#backgrounds #because #behavior #careful #come

I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to find those hours or eventually decide not to be a writer. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#decide #either #eventually #excuse #find

An aspirational diet will have you dreaming of success; but it’s the attachment of expectations and tangible goals that feeds the desire, persistence, and fortitude required to make the win. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#desire #expectations #fortitude #goals #golf

It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#blew #excuses #gets #happens #i

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#excuse #human #human rights #idea #nothing