And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing.
Octavia Butler

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.
Goran Ivanisevic

Bad excuses are worse than none.
Thomas Fuller

Continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of brandy and water.
John Leech

Don't make excuses and Don't talk about it. Do it.
Melvyn Douglas

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
Mason Cooley

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
Gene Tierney

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
James Cash Penney

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.
Louie Anderson

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.
Diane von Furstenberg

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.
John Engler

I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.
Jimmy Carter

I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight.
David Wells

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.
Pete Waterman

I'm not making any excuses. I got my butt kicked in certain games.
David Wells

If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.
Paul Gascoigne

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.
Bruce Nauman

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Addison Mizner

It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it.
Bobby Darin