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.

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.

No one ever excused his way to success.

No one ever excused his way to success.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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

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

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.

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.