Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects read more

To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals -- and critics of the Women's Movement.