76 Movie Quotes about Excuses (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Dec 12, 2025

Memorable quotes about excuses, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 On my whistle. Immediately on hearing that, you will surround the entire area. -But I can't surround the entire area by myself, Sergeant. -Excuses, excuses. Always excuses!

Harry H. Corbett as Sergeant Sidney Bung in Carry On Screaming!

32 Maybe there was a subway accident. -Absolutely. -A train got trapped underground with him inside. -And no phone.

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

33 Maybe he had a car accident. Those cab drivers are maniacs. -They hit something and you slam into that plastic partition.

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

34 Or his elbows could be in splints, so he couldn't really dial. -Or he could be unconscious. -In a coma. -Stuck in intensive care. -With a heart monitor beeping. -And like... No phone

Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail

35 So that explains it. -He was in jail. -And there was a phone. -But he only got one call so he had to call his lawyer.

Steve Zahn as George in You've Got Mail

36 I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn't get out of and the electricity went out in the building. And we were trapped on the 38th floor. And the telephone system blew too.

Tom Hanks as Joe Fox in You've Got Mail

37 I know why you haven't got any excuse. You're afraid to give me an excuse! 'Cause you know that I know that you know that I know what you've been doing around here all day! Sitting there, fooling around!

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

38 I will not! Excuse me, ma'am, I was answering one of my many detractors.

Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown in A Boy Named Charlie Brown

39 But I would like to say this, tardiness is not something you can do all on your own. Many people contributed to my tardiness.

Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz in Clueless (1995)

40 Perhaps the gigawatt discharge coupled with the temporal displacement field generated by the time vehicle caused a disruption of my own brain waves resulting in a condition of momentary amnesia.

Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future Part III

76 Movie Quotes about Excuses (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

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