Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.

I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

Love's an excuse to get hurt.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

A lot of women use pregnancy as an excuse to let their bodies go, and that's the worst thing.

Excuse the mess but we live here.

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

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.