“Too many escape into complexity these days. For it is an escape for persons to cry, when this question of the equality of peoples is raised in India or in our own South, 'Ah, but the situation is not so simple.' ... no great stride forward is ever made for the individual or for the human race unless the complex situation is reduced to one simple question and its simple answer.” HumansPersonsMadeIndividualSimpleAnswersRaceSituationCryIndiaSouthRaisedComplexesExcuseThese DaysHuman RaceComplexityStride Author:Pearl S. Buck
“The indiscreet questioner - and by indiscreet questions I mean questions which it is not conceivably a man's duty either to the community or to any individual to answer - is a marauder, and there is every excuse for treating him as such.” MenMeanIndividualCommunityAnswersDutyExcuse Book:Modes and Morals Source: Modes and Morals
“The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseRunningAsksAnswersMediaFrontsNewsPagesExcuseExtensionsPollsEditorialsNews Stories Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it sadly fails me in framing an excuse; and always the lapse occurs at some crisis, when a facile word or plausible pretext is specially wanted to get me out of painful embarrassment.” SometimesEnoughWantedAnswersFailingCrisisFaultsPainfulExcuseTongueEmbarrassmentPromptsPlausiblePretextLapsesFraming Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“The truth is that this universe is gassy and unpredictable. It still has not said excuse me for The Big Bang. Sometimes we expect too much instead of practicing enough or receiving in us just the right answer. You, the Staggering Answer” SaidStillsSometimesEnoughBigsUniverseAnswersToo MuchTruth IsExcuseReceivingUnpredictableBangsExcuse MeStaggeringRight Answers Author:Buddy Wakefield