Quotes by Incompetence My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence. Jimmy Page incompetence fingers crosses Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence. John Kenneth Galbraith oligopoly incompetence imperfect Incompetence is a double-edged banana. John Perry Barlow bananas incompetence The price of loyalty is incompetence. Jonathan Alter incompetence loyalty government Secrecy breeds incompetence because where there is failure, failure is kept secret. Julian Assange incompetence kept-secrets secret One of the chief features of incompetence was an inability to see it in oneself. Kim Stanley Robinson chiefs incompetence inability Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. Kingsley Amis incompetence journalism laziness Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence. Laurence J. Peter incompetence plus The machinery of government is a vast series of interlocking hierarchies riddled through and through with incompetence. Laurence J. Peter hierarchy incompetence government In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence. Laurence J. Peter hierarchy incompetence work Carelessness with details sinks more careers than anyone will admit. Lois Wyse incompetence details careers The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible. Malcolm Wallop incompetence Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me. Malcolm Gladwell overconfidence incompetence annoying Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise. Malcolm Gladwell incompetence certainty absence Inconsistency, incompetence, and lies are all cut short by the ground. It will stop you if you can't stop yourself. Mark Twight incompetence cutting lying Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced. Mahatma Gandhi incompetence causes law Someone who says "I am busy" is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you. Nassim Nicholas Taleb incompetence busy trying Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy. Niccolo Machiavelli incompetence conspiracy assuming The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself. Orrin Woodward incompetence inability problem 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 paranoid imagination. Richard Hofstadter incompetence errors imagination «123»