Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Poets are born, not paid.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.

Misery loves company but company does not reciprocate.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

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

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.

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

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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

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

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

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.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

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.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

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.

Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not 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.

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.

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

The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.

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.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

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.

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.

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

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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

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.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

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 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.

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

We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

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

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you "don't have the time".

A ballplayer doesn't make excuses.

A lot of times on our show, 'Shadowhunters,' we have excuses to dawn some kind of sexy black leather attire under the excuse that we're going to fight demons, but it's all part of the tone of the piece and the tone of the story.

As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n' roll and jazz standards.

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.