Incompetence Quotes

139 quotes by 112 authors

I believe that the president's (Bush) leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making… — Nancy Pelosi
If for every error and every act of incompetence one can substitute an act of treason, many points of fascinating interpretation are open to the… — Richard Hofstadter
A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability, incompetence, suffering, disease,… — Ayn Rand
It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity. — Peter Drucker
A man who knows a thing, recognizes a given danger, and sees with his own eyes the possibility of a remedy, damned well has the… — George Lincoln Rockwell
I was also reminded of one of the unique charms of NYC in the summer: vast piles of rotting garbage piled on the sidewalks, with… — Andrew Sullivan
But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to… — Charles Bass
Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind. — Roberto Cavalli
Burning dinner is not incompetence but war. — Marge Piercy
The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible. — Malcolm Wallop
Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence,… — R. Scott Bakker
What the people out there are calling for is honesty which has been missing for quite some time now. We are tired of all the… — Joseph Muscat
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form… — Joseph Epstein
Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay… — Peter Drucker
It's not logical that we boast the most advanced and powerful internationally integrated economy in the world, then claim organizational incompetence and poverty when it… — Jesse Jackson, Jr.
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of… — Upton Sinclair
I believe in discipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is lack of discipline. — Forrest Gregg
Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence. — Dora Russell
If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already. — Laurence J. Peter
In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter

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