#excuse

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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There is no excuse for this administration shielding information about Iraq and the fact that we have great difficulties there from the American people. ↗

— Jay Inslee

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

— John Bolton

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

— Ambrose Bierce

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The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies. ↗

— Greg Ginn

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Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. ↗

— Tommy Chong

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts. ↗

— C. S. Forester

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