quotations about excuses
Our culture has become so tolerant of excuses that the difference between a reason and an excuse is not likely to be easily noticed. By obscuring the difference between the two, we unwittingly act as though our actions have no reasons, or that the only acceptable reason is one in which someone must look bad.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON & TRACY A. STEEN
"Optimistic Explanatory Style", Handbook of Positive Psychology
Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should first study people's excuses.
HEBBEL
attributed, Words of Wisdom and Quotable Quotes
Excuses are like lies; no one benefits from them or wants to hear them except the person who tells them.
RAYMOND BURKS
Love Yourself
Your explanation is good, but your herring doesn't fry, as we say in Ramaldah.
ANDREW ASHLING
The Invisible Chains