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.

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.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

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.