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

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

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.