Excuse Me Quotes - Page 7

• Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

  Tom Petty

  Music, Time, Solitude

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• And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?

  Milton Friedman

  Thinking, People, Political

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• Olivia: You didn't even know I was there! Harry: Excuse me, yes I did.

  Julia Quinn

  Olivia, Excuse, Knows

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• Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked.

  Janet Evanovich

  Coffee, Pie, Heat

  Janet Evanovich (2008). “To the Nines”, p.125, Macmillan

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• Though I have to admit, I had a good laugh when I realized you thought I was a bloodsucker." He smiles. "Oh, well excuse me. I mean since there are immortals running around, I figure we may as well bring on the faeries, wizards, werewolves, and—" I shake my head. "I mean jeez, you talk about all this like it's normal!

  Alyson Noel

  Running, Mean, Laughing

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.168, Pan Macmillan

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• Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? ’Cos I don’t.” He turned and walked back to the hated door. “Er, excuse me,” said Ford following after him, “which government owns this ship?” Marvin ignored him. “You watch this door,” he muttered, “it’s about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates.

  Douglas Adams

  Jobs, Government, Air

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.” And just like that, a cold shard of ice that had been inside my chest ever since we’d split up-well, it just disappeared. I felt myself relax for the first time in I don’t known how long. The wind was chilly, but the sun was bright, and my whole flock was together. Fang and I were together. Excuse me? I’m alive too.” Iggy’s plaintive voice made me pull back.

  James Patterson

  Hair, Ice, Wind

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• Take off your coat." "Excuse me?" "Take it off." "No." "I want it off." "Then I suggest you hold your breath. Won't affect me in the slightest, but at least the suffocation will help pass the time for you. [Vishous to Jane]

  J.R. Ward

  Coats, Want, Helping

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.165, Penguin

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• excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm afraid i'm becoming ridiculous

  Leo Tolstoy

  Hands, Opposites, Glasses

  LEO TOLSTOY (1961). “ANNA KARENINA”

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• What's up, Hachi?" "Someone......Just slipped through my force-field." "!!!" "A soul reaper?" "No. The Hachigyo Sogai (Twin Cliffs) I set is an original technique I developed after I became a visored. It can't be broken by a soul reaper's kido." "Then who is it? Another visored?" "I don't know. The strange thing is that they didn't break through the force-field. They Slipped through. Not even a visored should be able to do that." "Then, who or what is it?" "...It's coming." "It's a Human?" "Uh...Um...E-excuse me...where's the Bathroom?

  Tite Kubo

  Force Fields, Break Through, Broken

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• Yes, Eden was beautiful- and if I had to squeeze through corporeal keyholes to crash it- so be it. (Hasn’t it bothered you, this part of the story, my being there, I mean? What was I doing there? ‘Presume not the ways of God to scan,’ you’ve been told in umpteen variations, ‘the proper study of Mankind is Man.’ Maybe so, but what, excuse me, was the Devil doing in Eden?) I took the forms of animals. I found I could. (That’s generally my reason for doing something, by the way, because I find I can.)

  Glen Duncan

  Beautiful, Mean, Animal

  Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.22, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Running, Airports, Up To You

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• Excuse me, Captain. Are you two going to weep salty tears of admiration over a helmet all night, or do we have matters to discuss?

  Eoin Colfer

  Night, Two, Tears

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• I'm making a list I'm making a list of things I must say For politeness, And goodness and kindness and gentleness Sweetness and rightness: Hello Pardon me How are you? Excuse me Bless you May I? Thank you Goodbye If you know some that I've forgot, Please stick them in you eye!

  Shel Silverstein

  Goodbye, Kindness, Eye

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• Excuse me? I'm alive too.

  James Patterson

  Alive, Maximum Ride, Excuse

  "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports". Book by James Patterson, May 29, 2007.

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• I don't feel so good." Lula said. And she farted. She squeezed her eyes shut tight and did a full minute-long fart. "Excuse me." she said. I was horrified and impressed all at the same time. It was a record breaking fart. On my best day, I couldn't come near to farting like that.

  Janet Evanovich

  Eye, Records Breaking, Long

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• But the main point is that he still had swimmers in his sacks.” “Excuse me?” “You know, luv. Sperm, if you want to be all technical about it. He still had living sperm in his juice." Cat and Bones

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Juice, Want

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• You deserve to die," I whisper, suddenly realizing Iv'e said the words aloud. "Excuse me?" "Nothing." "Not nothing. You just told me that I deserve to be maggot feed." "Not maggot feed, just-" "Dead!" "Forget it" "I don't know why I said that. Just daydreaming, I guess." "Daydreaming about my death?" "Forget it", I repeat. "Are you sure you aren't still mad that I wouldn't let you borrow my vintage fishnet leggings?" "More like I didn't want to borrow them.

  Laurie Faria Stolarz

  Vintage, Mad, Want

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• Now if you’ll excuse me, Death waits for no man. Except me.

  Rachel Vincent

  Men, Waiting, Excuse

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Reaper”, p.54, Harlequin

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• Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Heart, Hands, Snow

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• As we drove uptown, I spotted a Kmart on a corner,with its familiar red sign.I cleared my throat."Wait. Can we stop for a minute?" "What for?" "Just - I need a few things." He looked irritated, but pulled into a metered space. "We don't really have time to go shopping." I glared at him."yeah, excuse me for being so frivolous. You have your suitcase all packed already; I dont even have clean underwear.I'll be right back.

  L.A. Weatherly

  Clean Underwear, Kmart, Shopping

  L.A. Weatherly (2010). “Angel: The Angel Trilogy”, p.76, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off." He grinned sheepishly. "That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.

  Harlan Ellison

  Office, Watches, Three

  Harlan Ellison (1979). “The fantasies of Harlan Ellison”, Macmillan Reference USA

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• You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hands, Looks, Potters

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• Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

  J. K. Rowling

  Soul, Departed, Funny Harry Potter

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, 2005.

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• Allyson Smith reminds me of a younger, prettier, funnier me. Now if you'll excuse me, the ladies from my bridge club have arrived.

  Stewart Francis

  Bridges, Clubs, Excuse

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