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Incompetence Quotes by Peter Drucker
- The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is…
- It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.
- 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…
- We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In those…
More Incompetence Quotes
- Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail… — Graydon Carter
- Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. — Kingsley Amis
- With all that IMF money, the Thailand's and Mexico's are spared the consequences of their fiscal incompetence, and Wall Street's heavy hitters… — Pat Buchanan
- The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that… — Peter Drucker
- The price of loyalty is incompetence. — Jonathan Alter
- Government failure is always used as an excuse for government expansion. Government thrives on crisis and incompetence. — Jim Babka
- Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great… — Donald E. Westlake
- In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit. — Charles Krauthammer
- Union Rule 26: Every employee must win 'Worker of the Week' at least once, regardless of gross incompetence, obesity or rank odor. — Homer
- Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning.… — Jane Jacobs
- A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence. — Bruce Catton