Monday, June 03, 2013

Excuses

Excuses






If you have an excuse, don't use it. 




Most experts are failures at making excuses.


 

Excuses fool no one but the person who makes them.




There are always enough excuses available if you are weak enough to use them. 


 
A real man is one who finds excuses for others, but never for himself.



 

You can catch some men without money, without tobacco, but never without an excuse.




There aren't really enough crutches in the world for all the lame excuses.


Never give an excuse that you would not be willing to accept.



An excuse is usually a thin skin of falsehood stretched tightly over a bald faced lie.


It is soon going to be too hot to do the job it was too cold to do last winter.










An excuse is a statement given to cover up for a duty not well done or not done at all.













If you need some kind of excuse see your preacher, he has heard more than anybody else.












The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse.








Those who are most successful in making excuses have no energy left for anything else.








Time wasted thinking up excuses would be better spent avoiding the need for them.








The most prolific inventors are those who invent excuses for their failures.









For every sin Satan is ready to provide an excuse.








A flimsy excuse is one that your wife can see through.








Great riches await the man who will manufacture crutches for lame excuses.








Some executives call passing the buck delegating authority.













People are great manufacturers, some make good, some make trouble, and some just make excuses.



- From Quips & Quotes for writers and speakers by E.C. McKenzie 

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