“Tradition is a pretty poor excuse for perpetrating stereotypes.”
“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.”
“Ambition is a poor excuse for not being smart enough to be lazy.”
“Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.”
“A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true.”
“Everyone does', 'They say', 'tradition', 'studies show', these are not reasons to do or not to do anything, but rather excuses people use to avoid the work of thinking about the question.”