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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.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
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.
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.
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.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.