Quotes with incompetent

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  • George Bernard Shaw Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg A review was published in Nature, very scathing, essentially calling me incompetent, though they didn't use that word. I am putting a reply on my Web site in a few days, where I go through their arguments, paragraph by paragraph.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner Barkley was the first of many American skyjackers whose primary interest was money; by 1972, the majority of the nation's hijackings would involve demands for ransom. Barkley himself was declared incompetent to stand trial in November 1971, at which point he was committed to a psychiatric hospital in Georgia.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Laurence J. Peter Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
    Laurence J. Peter
    Canadian educator and hierarchiologist (1919 - 1990)
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Andrew Johnson I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.
    Andrew Johnson
    American politician and 17th US president (1808 - 1875)
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  • Jose Manuel Barroso If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.
    Jose Manuel Barroso
    Portuguese politician (1956 - )
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  • Laurence Peter In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
    The Peter Principle
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  • Aaron Allston Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • Bill Buford Lyon is unusual and seems to be exceptionally incompetent at publicising itself. In fact, it doesn't want visitors. It fears discovery.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • L. Ron Hubbard The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings).
    L. Ron Hubbard
    American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology (1911 - 1986)
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  • Laurence J. Peter The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.
    Laurence J. Peter
    Canadian educator and hierarchiologist (1919 - 1990)
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  • Isaac Asimov Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Carl Paladino We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
    Carl Paladino
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Donald Trump Our country is being run by incompetent people.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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