“Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.”
Marlene Dietrich
“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence”
Kingsley Amis
“I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate”
Leon Jaworski
“The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks.”
Emo Philips
“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.”
John Cleese