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

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

An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.

An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.

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.

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.

Never blame anyone if you get hurt because you took the risk, and you decided who was worth the try.

Never blame anyone if you get hurt because you took the risk, and you decided who was worth the try.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.

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.

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.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.