Maybe you don't like your job maybe you didn't get enough sleep well nobody likes their job nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life but you know there's no escape there's no excuse so just suck up and be nice.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Under the leadership of this President the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Ignorance is no excuse it's the real thing.

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

It's a great excuse and luxury having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to work you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes bigger government and less trade with other nations.