Zitat des Tages über Entschuldigungen / Excuses:
I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything.
I felt ashamed for what I had done. I don't have any excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people.
There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.
So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
No excuses. Play like a champion.
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight.
Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.
Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.
Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time.
If you're making too many excuses for someone, agonising over them in a way which takes up all your waking thoughts and feel so nervous around them you could be sick, then they are probably the wrong person.
The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experience. It's excuses.
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.
Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.
We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.
People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
We will never accomplish what God wants for our lives unless we stop making excuses for ourselves and pampering our flesh. When we get into seemingly impossible situations, we have to remember - it's not about us.
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
We clearly see in God's Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It's easier to come up with excuses for why we can't do things that are hard or that we really don't want to do.
I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits.
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.
I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.
I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.
There's no room for being disappointed or for excuses, 'Oh, I had four match points.'
Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.
I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.
I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.