Absence Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

— Malcolm Gladwell

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

— Orrin Woodward

“The more skill it takes to accomplish a task, the more difficult it is to comprehend the knowledge needed to deal with it, the…

— Luigina Sgarro

Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

“A very disturbing feature of overconfidence is that it often appears to be poorly associated with knowledge - that is, the more ignorant the…

— Robert Trivers

One of the chief features of incompetence was an inability to see it in oneself.

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Incompetence has one other advantage. Not only does it reduce what others expect and demand of you, it reduces what you expect or even…

— John Holt

One does not avoid incompetence if one makes an attempt whose likelihood of success is too low. This seems little more than analytic: when…

— Ernest Sosa

It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.

— Jeff Lindsay

“I know the word "incompetent" from my father. He uses it when there's something political on TV, or when he and Uncle Miki are…

— Saša Stanišić

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

— Quentin Crisp

In their leaders, advisers, and experts, people much prefer overconfidence, total certainty, to any kind of doubt.

— Michael Lewis