Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roger Clemens

I mean, I'm 43. I can use that as an excuse, can't I?

Andy Reid

It's unfortunate it happened. But it's no excuse.

Tom Izzo

You try to make excuses that are real.

Michael McDonald

Still, it?s not an excuse to raise prices. Maybe it means we just take a little less.

That is out the window now. The first two games, I think that was probably part of the problem. But now, going into Week 4 and after a long month of camp, that's not an excuse anymore.

Witold Walczak

Not to excuse it, but school officials need to understand that they're not parents. School officials can't reach into parents' homes and tell them how to raise their kids.

It really looks like there should be no excuse for not having a medal.

I'm not going to use that as an excuse. We didn't have it tonight.

I'm not looking for excuses, I'm looking for reasons to win.

John Daly

I'm feeling a little weak. But it's no excuse for playing that bad.

I'm a birder. I've been using that as an excuse to go wandering around the world. I stand in the forest looking like I'm doing something, but I'm really doing nothing.

Scott Johnson

That's out of our hands and nor will it ever come into our hands and nor will it be an excuse. We don't need excuse here and while I'm at the helm there will be no excuses.

That's terrible. I know you have off shooting nights, but there's no excuse for that. We weren't ready to play.

Elvis Dumervil

That's OK if they feel like there's an excuse every game. That's fine with me as long as our team comes out with a victory. That's cool.

It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system.

It was a big Mardi Gras party excuse me, a Muddy Gras party.

Matt Hasselbeck

No longer can we give the excuse he's got a thankless job.

Nokia may be a victim of its own success. They have some nice low-end phones and are not giving people an excuse to shop up in the food chain.

Rick DiPietro

No, there's no excuses. I don't think we played as well as we did in Montreal. I don't have any answers, I wish I did. It's not a good game. We have to keep playing hard. We owe it to our fans and to each other to play hard and keep trying to win hockey games.

Steve Spurrier

There may be a few that say, 'Well, he's trying to use that as an excuse for getting his butt kicked by some teams. I'm not trying to use any excuses. We sort of are what we are.

Adam Archuleta

There's a lot of reasons, or a lot of ways you could come up with an excuse to shut it down. Or maybe feel sorry for yourself. I think this is a testament to our character.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

If you were looking for an excuse to sell, you got a few things pushing you towards that. I'm a little more cautious, a little more nervous.

Michael Atherton

Inexperience can be used as an excuse or an opportunity. It is as an excuse that it is most often trotted out England's management ... India, throughout, this series, have used is as an opportunity.

Errol Morris

I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.

Kit Harington

As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.

Julia Child

There are reasons, and then there are excuses.

William T. Vollmann

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

Robert Esche

I felt really weak, but there's no excuses.

Robin Lee

I am very glad Ang Lee is so successful that I can use him as an excuse whenever my mom tells me to find a real job.

Craig Wilson

I don't want to sit here and make up excuses because that's really tired when that happens,

Jasper Fforde

Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse.

Keith Brooking

But you won't hear any excuses in here. We're going to hold ourselves accountable. We'll look in the mirror and do what we have to do to get headed back in the right direction.