People Who Make Excuses Quotes

#1. 99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

George Washington

#2. We all do things where we don't care about other people. And we deal with it in whatever ways we can, denial or make excuses.

Rene Russo

#3. Smile is the vainest thing you can wear without costing you anything

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#4. Some people will make nonsense excuses to avoid things they have no interest in doing.

Ellen J. Barrier

#5. I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it.

Chris Lowe

#6. I'm a big fan of Tiesto, and Swedish House Mafia are awesome. I absolutely want to work with them.

Joe Jonas

#7. Ties are straightened and expressions banished.

Rana Dasgupta

#8. If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

Natalie Morales

#9. I think just about everything has been tackled, but it may be that things will be done again, only better and differently.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#10. Most people define themselves by the excuses they make about why they cannot be who they want to be or do what they truly want to do.

Leigh Hershkovich

#11. Everyone isn't logical. Everything doesn't make sense in the end. Sometimes you have to forget about explanations or excuses and leave people and places behind, because otherwise they will drag you straight down.

Tammara Webber

#12. Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living.

Bill Dixon

#13. I really cannot tolerate people who always find excuses or reasons why certain things won't work. Find reasons and solutions to make it work.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#14. I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before I could rehearse it. I just couldn't think as the character unless I looked like him, or I knew that I looked like him.

Tom Wilkinson

#15. Although he, like all people, secretely enjoyed the smell of his own farts, the smell of his shit was somethig else. It was so bad as to seem evil in a moral way.

Jonathan Franzen

#16. All around the United States of America - in the cities and the counties - our public education is suffering and has been suffering. Cuts, cuts, cuts.

Bill Cosby

#17. Love, and love alone, is capable of giving you a happier life.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

#18. I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

Nicolas Cage

#19. Grab every opportunity. You have maximum control only on 'now'! If this moment goes; if this opportunity is lost; you may not get another ever!

Abhishek Ratna

#20. Each of us has a responsibility for the sustainability of our planet and each of us can make a difference if we choose to do so.

Miranda Kerr

#21. Google's no substitute for knowing things. Write that down.

Matthew FitzSimmons

#22. Don't make excuses for your mistakes.
Don't try to please your enemies.
Don't run from your responsibilities.
Don't force your opinions on others.
Don't complain about things you can change.
Don't compare yourself to anyone.
Don't let undeserving people into your life.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#23. Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.

Rebecca Goldstein

#24. People make excuses [for not wanting to fight me]. It has a lot to do with my style. I'm a crafty fighter but I can also punch.

Erislandy Lara

#25. People can't handle guilt. Their minds won't let them for very long. So they make up excuses. Excuses work like a salve, allaying the guilt, letting you forget the real problem.

Darynda Jones

#26. I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.

Ace Frehley

#27. I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

John Galsworthy

#28. People only see what they want to see, and they only do whatever they want to do. You can make excuses for them all you like, but you'll always be making excuses for them,

Jade West

#29. Most people don't remember names, for the simple reason that they don't take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat and fix names indelibly in their minds. They make excuses for themselves; they are too busy.

Dale Carnegie

#30. If all you do is make excuses, then that is how people see you. Make your strengths visible.

Marla Runyan

#31. There's a bunch of people who sit around and make excuses for themselves and get upset with artists, but you already know what this is - it's an ego-driven business.

Rico Love

#32. The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Tony Abbott