#incompetence

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption. ↗

— Anthony Zinni

#corruption #i #incompetence #iraq #iraq war

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence. ↗

— Dora Russell

#human #incompetence #laws #mark #marriage

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary. ↗

— Billy Joel

#am #competent #extraordinary #i #i am

Since most parents are reluctant to talk about sex, schools have tried to fill the gap. In America, when we decide to ignore a subject, our favorite form of denial is to teach it incompetently. Familiarity without true understanding is not only the basis of our families but of our educational system as well. ↗

— Bob Smith

#incompetence #sex-education #education

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

— Douglas Adams

#incompetence #mr-prosser #humor

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#ascribe #explained #incompetence #malice #never

You basically have a group of four spies who are chosen for a mission they feel for the fact of how competent they are and how their expertise and they're the right one for the job. But ultimately they find out they've been actually chosen for their incompetence. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#basically #been #chosen #competent #expertise

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. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#against #basis #because #best #discriminated

Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#incompetence #last #laziness #luck #refuge