78 Movie Quotes about Excuses (+ Sound Clips) - page 8

Updated: Apr 18, 2026

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.

71 My tux didn't come back from the cleaners.

John Belushi as Joliet Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980)

72 And old friend came in from out of town!

John Belushi as Joliet Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980)

73 Someone stole my car!

John Belushi as Joliet Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980)

74 I'm very, very sorry. A matter of extreme urgency kept me. I'm very sorry.

Peter Sellers as Auguste Topaze in Mr. Topaze (1961)

75 Look, I made a mistake. Don't you ever make a mistake?

Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

76 I know we've gone over this, like, again and again, but, like, 1000 pardons, 1000 pardons, please. I know I've _ed up...

Seth Rogen as Dale Denton in Pineapple Express

77 Excuse me, I've got something in my eye.

Redd Foxx as Bennie Wilson in Harlem Nights

78 And I just said to him he couldn't use you as an excuse for failure for the rest of his life.

James Franciscus as Mike Longstreet in Longstreet