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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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

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

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.