“No time is no excuse”

“Excuse me if I
Have some place in my mind
Where I go time to time.”

Tom Petty (1950–2017) American musician

“To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times.”

John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) (1642–1710) English lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of England

“Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.”

Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi

“He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.”

Charles II of England (1630–1685) King of England, Ireland and Scotland

“You'll have to excuse my friend, Ryan. That's the first time he's ever touched a woman.”

Kathy Griffin (1960) American actress and comedian

“There is something impure in the laments about the dangers of our time, as if they could serve to excuse our personal failure.”

Elias Canetti (1905–1994) Bulgarian-born Swiss and British jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer

“The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.”

Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic

“I've finally found the reason, I don't need an excuse.
I've got this time on my hands, you are the one to abuse.”

Travis Meeks (1979) American musician

“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded”

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet