The author is anonymous. The full content is: "Excuses are monuments of nothingness, They build bridges to nowhere, Those of us who us these tools of incompetence, Seldom become anything but nothing at all."
There are several variations of this poem. One variation is, "Excuses are tools of the incompetent. And those that use tools of incompetence never accomplish anything in life worthwhile."
I don't know the author's name, but I remember my younger brother memorizing it in elementary school as: Excuses, excuses, excuses! Excuses are tools of incompetence that build monuments of nothingness. Those who specialize in them, accomplish nothing at all, but excuses, excuses, excuses. Not as the first responder suggests here: "Excuses are monuments of nothingness, They build bridges to nowhere, Those of us who us these tools of incompetence, Seldom become anything but nothing at all."
Nice try but the actual poem is "Excuses are tools of incompetence, that build monuments of nothingness, and those who specialize in using them seldom do anything else." Excuses are tools of nothingness build bridges that lead to nowhere and are masters of no one.
Steven Grayhm!
Hammurabi
Susan Cantwell has written: 'No More Excuses Companion Workbook' 'No more excuses' -- subject(s): Reducing diets, Weight loss
Andy Sharpe has written: '365 excuses for being late to work' -- subject(s): Humor, Work ethic, Excuses, Work
The word incompetent is an adjective, a word that describes a noun; for example an incompetent mechanic or an incompetent barber.
Bryan Barber
He is an incompetent worker. If he weren't so incompetent, he'd have gotten a raise by now.
Gary M. Szirony has written: 'No fear, no excuses'
It means excuses are things used by people who are incapable of doing things. And they keep using them/ building them on top of each other, making monuments. Monuments of nothingness, because excuses mean nothing. So those who specialize in excuses are seldom masters of anything. Meaning they'll never master or be good at anything as long as insist on using excuses.