#excuse

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#belief #cop-out #evade #evaluate #even

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

— Shirin Ebadi

#excuse #human #human rights #idea #nothing

Love's an excuse to get hurt. ↗

— Conor Oberst

#get #hurt #love

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#convincing #excuses #less #several #than

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget. ↗

— John Bolton

#budget #defense #department #excuse #fraud

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#anybody #excuse #expects #higher #higher standard

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#excuses #finds #himself #man #never

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#crime #destiny #excuse #failure #fool

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#live #may #only #peace #war

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#change #everyone #excuses #feel #make