I need the rest of the poem!!

Thanks in advance~!!!

I think I have at least the beginning right---
Feel free to make corrections.

??? Also who is the author ???



Excuses
Excuses are tools of the incompetent
which create monuments
of nothingness
those who specialize in them
are seldom
good in anything....

Excuses are tools of incompetents
that build monuments to nothing
and those that specialize in them
are seldom good at anything else

you believe there is more to it ?

Excuses are tools of thee incompetent
They build monumnets of nothingness
excuses do not explain excuses
explainations do not explain excuses

excuses are tools of the incompetent
they build monuments of nothingness
and bridges leading to nowhere
those who specialize in excuses
are seldom successfull in anything

I think I had the whole thing somewhere ... but my dog ate it.

I know a teacher who had a new dog. I was there when she had to admit to a class that the dog ate their test papers and her mark book. The teeth marks were greatly admired in the staff room.

I love it! It's like a scene from AMARCORD!

Did you get an answer to your question?

Rest of the poem?

Author?

I, too, am in search of it. I believe Franklin may be the author.

Franklin was with me the whole time, he didn't do it

wait, that's not an excuse, thats an alibi !

It was other kids.

My kids brought home this, like, seed to study over the weekend, and we left it in the kitchen where it was warm. The dog sleeps in the kitchen. My wife was away visiting her folks, so when she came back I had to explain, about the seed which was the kids' homework, about how it grew and grew whilst we were asleep and especialy about how the homework ate the dog.



Stephen

Hmmm, sounds like the "attack of the killer tomatoes", or a huge fuschia story.

Les

Clearly it was The Bad Seed!

pam

Not Zandra, I hope!

I could not trace the author,
but it is said to be from Poor Richard's Almanac (Benjamin Franklin)

Did any one ever find the entire Poem?? My class wanted to know

I do know this poem...but I'm looking for the author... the poem goes like this:
Excuses are monuments of nothingness
they build bridges to nowhere
those who use these tools of incompentence
are masters of nothingness.

Excuses are tools of the incompetent which build monuments of nothingness, those who use them usually excel in nothing but that. Therefore, there are no excuses!!! This is how I learned of it.

I thought it was Abraham Lincoln who made this quote famous?

"Excuses are tools of incompetence used to build monuments of nothingness, those who specialize in the uses, seldom acheive anything but excuses."

Hey that (almost) rhymes. Was it Lincoln?

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No, if it rhymes, then it's Jesse Jackson or Nipsey Russell

Could someone please send me a copy of this poem! I would greatly appreciate it if its no trouble!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Franklin copped most of the contents in Poor Richard from other authors. As a printer advertising his press, he was practicing his typography. How's that for revisionist history?

Peter

Anyone who invented the $100 bill is okay in my almanac

I'm more impressed by the fact that as ambassador to France he is purported to have had 52 illegitimate children. No wonder he needed the $100 bills.


Les

p.s. Great inventor by the way, up until the time of Edison he held the record for number of patents held here in the U.S. I really like his reasoning. Hey let's put this thing out in a rain storm and see what happens. Of course he sent his mean nephew, Harry, out with the kite.

Bach had 20 children because his organ didn't have any stops !

In reality, he knew it was a dangerous experiment. That's why he was indoors, dry, and controlled the kite via a dry silk thread attached to the kite's line. So the lightening would go straight down the line to his Leydon jars and not detour through him.

Carol,

I am currently looking for this poem. Did you ever get the complete poem and the name of the author?

Marilyn

Excuses

Excuses are tools of incompetents
that build monuments to nothingness
and those that use them seldomly
accomplish anything

Excuses

The poem goes as follows...

Excuses are tools of incompetence
Used to build monuments to nothingness
And those that specialize in them
Are seldom good for anything
But Excuses, excuses, excuses.


I don't know who the author is though

LIKE THIS:

EXCUSES ARE TOOLS OF INCOMPETENCE
THEY BUILD MONUMENTS OF NOTHINGNESS
THOSE WHO SPECIALIZE IN THEIR USES
SELDOM ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING....EXCUSES

Depends are the underwear of the incontinent

I'm going to review one of my fraternity books. If I actually find it in the book I'll make sure to post to the forum.

The way I was taught this..

Excuses are tools for the incompetent and those who use them are bound by them.JohnnySansCulo wrote:

Delphos Daily Herald Friday, December 14, 2021 Delphos, Ohio quotes

No wiser remark was ever made by Dr. Benjamin Franklin than a severe
sentence which he once uttered to a young man who had an appointment
with him and missed it.

Next day the young man came and began to make
a very fluent excuse to the doctor for his absence the day before.

"Stop!" said Franklin. "You have said too much already,
my good boy, for the man who is good at making an excuse
is seldom good at anything else.''

unquote

Hello you can find this poem by locating any greek letter oraganization. it something that they all should know verbatim

"Excuses are tools of the incompetent, they build monuments to nothingness and those who excel in them seldom excel in anything else."

I think this is the saying...

Excuses are monuments of nothingness
that build bridges to nowhere
and those who use these tools of incompentence
are masters of nothing.