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.

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

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

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.

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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.