Explained Away Quotes

11 quotes by 10 authors

It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away — Harold Geneen
The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable of… — Charles Dickens
People really don't like to hear success explained away as luck, especially successful people. As they age and succeed, people feel their success was somehow… — Michael Lewis
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away. — Harold Geneen
With those kinds of statistics, there are real concerns that cannot be explained away other than race. How long do we turn a blind eye… — Richard Ney
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it… — Joseph Wood Krutch
Infatuation.First Love.Lust.My passion can be explained away.But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals — Jeanette Winterson
Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all… — Thomas Sowell
[talking about the Holocaust] 'But to put something in context is a step towards saying it can be understood and that it can be explained.… — Alan Bennett
Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. — Stefan Kanfer
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away. — Harold S Geneen

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