Quotes having the keyword Excuse
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.
by Lewis B. Smedestopics: Forgiveness keywords: call, evil, excuse, face, forgive, full, horror, look, only, shock, smother, then, tolerate , us Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.
by Steven Spielberg (Director, American , born in 1947) keywords: also, crime, despicable, did, does, excuse, families, hostage, individuals, killed, motives, munich, naturally, own, probing, responsible, showing, story, taken, terrible, their , those One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while.
by Mark Spitz (Athlete, American , born in 1950) keywords: adapting, after, always, answer, been, clock, daily, difficult, exciting, excuse, get, living, most, someone, sports, successful, things, tomorrow, too, until, where, while, world , years In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.
by Scott Thompson (Comedian, Canadian , born in 1959) keywords: cause, cool, em, everyone, excuse, france, french, gives, smoke, speaks , think If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) keywords: becoming, boast, brag, excuse, humanity, more, myself, rather, seem , than In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: although, beings, death, excuse, fact, human, judge, jury, just, kinds, longer, men, misdemeanors, murder, murders, necessary, offenses, political, put, same, went, wholesale, without , women As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
by Edmund White (Novelist, American , born in 1940) keywords: assure, confirm, desperately, excuse, identity, looked, might, only, read, teenager, things, together, unhappily , young People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.
by James Young (Musician, American , born in 1949) keywords: band, concerts, destructive, excuse, gives, loose, others, really, rock, them , way
