Excusing Behavior Quotes

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

But I let it slide, because, hello, hot guy.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

An excuse is sometimes more ugly than guilt.

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated.

An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.