No trouble losing when you have a good excuse.

Excuses, excuses. Always excuses!

Now, that's a fine excuse. Arrest him, too.

That gives me a good excuse to talk to you.

Excuses, nothing but excuses!

Another good reason to get away from this family.

The cat who has cream on his whiskers had better find good excuses.

Aye... I bet you gave them a right run around.

The usual excuse is poor health or the strain of the trip, you know?

Oh. No, I didn't forget it. Good excuse not to wear it.

Understanding is not excusing. Psychology is not excuse iology.

That's no excuse.

No excuses!

I have no excuse.

lend me your pipe, wil you? ,

No excuse for him.

It's just a pretext.

Picking me up for peddling without a license, you could have thought of something better than that, Lieutenant.

There is no use in making excuses.

There's no use making excuses.

He's always got something to say.

Always the same excuse.

Be quiet. Don't look for excuses...

Insomnia is not an excuse.

Luckily, I'm old enough that I can complain I can't travel.

That's a perfect excuse. There was no other safe big enough.

Why the dark glasses?

And, I mean, OK, I'm not actually saying that these excuses are completely valueless.

To make an excuse for having stayed out late.

I don't have an excuse.

What for, excuses?

That's not an excuse.

What's the matter this time?

And what a fine reason too...

You can think up an explanation.

Don't go too rough on Shirai.

But... That's no excuse.

Stop making excuses.

I needed an alibi.

Can I borrow your pencil?

There are no adequate excuses.

We've got to have some excuse.

You'll have to tell her something.

Sidney, did you hear about the cloakand...

Well, you'll have to try to find some pretext.