Incompetence Quotes
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
Malcolm Wallop -
Adventure is a sign of incompetence.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence.
James Cash Penney -
Let's start with some of the reasons that the press holds its tongue and some of the things that you don't know because of this. We'll begin with squeamishness, prudishness, timidity and an overdeveloped fear of offending someone... So much for squeamishness and prudishness. There are many other reasons that we editors fail you in this pact you and we have. Let me name a few more: Orthodoxy, conventional thinking, a misplaced pleasure at being on the inside, incompetence and laziness.
Geneva Overholser -
All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don't hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a tent or a stage where you can take them and use them to make something beautiful.
Elizabeth Ashley -
Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.
Burt Prelutsky -
All the 'too close to call' announcements are not due to incompetence ... It's caution.
Chris Matthews
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Incompetence is the true crisis.
Albert Einstein -
Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Incompetence is often highly regarded in governmental circles.
William Wallace -
Carelessness with details sinks more careers than anyone will admit.
Lois Wyse -
In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
Billy Joel -
I’ve seen these so-called journalists flat-out lie. I say that because incompetence doesn’t begin to explain the inaccurate stories they have written.
Donald Trump
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Burning dinner is not incompetence but war.
Marge Piercy -
Any constraint is part of the skeleton that you build the composition on - including your own incompetence.
Brian Eno Roxy Music -
Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.
James Cook -
Every year, it takes more brains to navigate this complicated world. More people are falling below what I call the 'incompetence line' through no fault of their own.
Scott Adams -
Never underestimate the incompetence of government.
James Cook -
There's a sense that there is a culture of cronyism and corruption and incompetence
Norman Ornstein
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When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.
Joseph Heller -
One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something that makes no sense, devious reasons are imagined by conspiracy theorists, when in fact it may be due to plain old ignorance and incompetence.
Thomas Sowell -
There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of power, arrogance and incompetence.
Bob Herbert -
One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires - and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.
Thomas Sowell