Incompetence Quotes

Whenever you're faced with an explanation of what's going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.

Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound the multitude.

A bad artist almost always tries to conceal his incompetence by whooping up a new formula.

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 deceit and incompetence of this government.

In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

Is puppy love the reason so many Americans are blind to the incompetence and waste of Republicans - who at a minimum are supposed to be good money managers - running Iraq reconstruction?

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

A person who is careless about money is careless about everything, and untrustworthy in everything.

It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.

Incompetence is a double-edged banana.

I believe email-based status reports are the clearest and best signs of managerial incompetence and laziness.

AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence.

Any constraint is part of the skeleton that you build the composition on - including your own incompetence.

Never underestimate the incompetence of government.

Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.

Martha Stewart published her recipe for disaster -- mix one part arrogance with two parts incompetence, simmer in the juices and then serve hot in the can.

The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence.

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.

The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow.

Union Rule 26: Every employee must win 'Worker of the Week' at least once, regardless of gross incompetence, obesity or rank odor.

The price of loyalty is incompetence.

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.

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

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.

Secrecy breeds incompetence because where there is failure, failure is kept secret.

The machinery of government is a vast series of interlocking hierarchies riddled through and through with incompetence.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.

That's what liberalism is all about, is promoting incompetence on the basis it's fair, because people would be the best if they weren't discriminated against.

Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.

The Andrew Principle is when the incompetence of an organization exceeds the incompetence of certain individuals within that organization, thereby allowing their promotion within said organization.

We cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America.

All the 'too close to call' announcements are not due to incompetence ... It's caution.

Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. Think about it. People aren't out to get you, they're just stupid.

Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

The incompetence of the [Donald] Trump transition team, the likes of which we've never seen is a bad thing.

There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.

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, and no obscenity save the tyranny of custom.

Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence.

Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage.

I arrived in the USA in 2001 and by 2015 I knew through experience that I was living in a country of corporate incompetence and blatant frauds.

There is a lot of willful incompetence in solar industry that is in the process of coming to light.

There is a lot of willful incompetence in high altitude astronomy that is in the process of coming to light.