Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence

He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does him the favor of falling upon it in precisely the right way.

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.

There was no excuse which didn't consist of inexcusable.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners.