Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Gitomer

It seems to me that it's actually harder to invent excuses than it is to get a sale.

George Washington

99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses.

Jeff Wall

If you are capable of making good pictures it's immoral not to do so, for whatever reason or excuse you might give.

Goran Ivanisevic

I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

Submariner like that, you don't see those kinds of guys too often. But that's really no excuse.

Now it's an excuse so that people can be late. I think it's become a crutch.

Scott Hartnell

Now I have an excuse to grow a beard.

Teflon Tony is dead. Forget all the excuses ... the vote was a turning point.

Eddy Curry

Sometimes they will look away from me. When I do get the ball, I try to make something happen so they don't have an excuse not to throw me the ball.

It was very tough getting it going. It was just a loss, but you have to take it. The field was a little messed up, but there was no excuse for the way we played.

That, perhaps, is an explanation, but it's not an excuse?and it's not a license to lie.

That's what people do, make excuses. Nobody in our locker room is making excuses at all. We're like, 'Yeah, obviously he's not here.' It's on us. It's on us to make a play.

Mark Dantonio

That's not an excuse. We've got to grow up in a hurry.

Todd Akin

There is simply no excuse for that crudeness on the public airwaves.

I use that as an excuse sometimes when people laugh at me. I say I'm a lefty, leave me alone.

When you need an excuse any excuse will do.

Stephen Jackson

There's no excuse to lose to those guys. We know that we're a better team.

Mats Sundin

There's no excuses. Whatever you're putting in to your system, you're responsible.

Tim Duncan

There's no excuses to be made. We lost the game.

There's no excuse. Some guys seemed flat and some guys had it.

Julian Wright

There's no excuse for what happened. As a team, our focus just wasn't there.

Josh Beckett

There's no excuse for tonight. It was brutal, brutal, brutal.

There's no excuse for saying that fly fishing is too expensive. The top-end rods and reels are costly, no question, but every reputable fly-fishing manufacturer has gone to great lengths to offer reasonably priced rod and reels that provide reliable service.

Chris Chelios

There's no excuse for it. We did get complacent. We had a game in total control, it was there to win, and good teams keep leads, especially this time of season.

There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it.

There's just no excuse for getting that wrong.

Newt Gingrich

I spent 40 years of my life getting us here, ... The idea that I would be the excuse to cannibalize the majority is so sickening I couldn't risk it.

I sort of fell in with the wrong crowd. Things started getting twisted, and instead of facing my drug problem, I made excuses and justified getting away with it because I was maintaining a job and family.

I see no excuse at all for people not voting.

We lost two players to grades and two others sat out for disciplinaryÊreasons. So we had to shift some players around to newÊpositions. But that's no excuse for only managing three shots on goal.

We lost two players to grades and two others sat out for disciplinary reasons. So we had to shift some players around to new positions. But that's no excuse for only managing three shots on goal.

I'm not making excuses for the way we played or anything, but the officiating in that game was suspect. It was quite possibly the worst officiated game I have ever been a part of. I think that's more frustrating than anything.

George Foreman

In January, he put this team on his back and saved the season when we had every excuse and every reason to give into the schedule, to give into the situations. Surviving January was an incredible statement by Carmelo.