Incompetent – Quotes

An incompetent lawyer can

An incompetent lawyer can delay a trial for months or years. A competent lawyer can delay one even longer. Evelle J. Younger

The incompetent leading the

The incompetent leading the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Evan Wright

Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations in this struggle. I was made to see that in craft unionism the capitalist class have it within their power to keep the workers divided, to use one part of … Read more

Success is better than

Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent; and it is better to succeed through competence – aptly – than through sheer luck. Ernest Sosa

An incompetent teacher is

An incompetent teacher is even worse than an incompetent surgeon because a surgeon can only cut up one person at a time. Ernest L. Boyer

The way I understand

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

If I were to

If I were to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit, dominates everywhere, destroying quality. Our entire life–production, politics, and education–rests on quantity, on numbers. The worker who once took pride in the thoroughness and quality of his work, has been replaced by brainless, … Read more

There is a collective

There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent. Emile Durkheim

The only foes that

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. Elbert Hubbard

I wish the government

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. Edith Sitwell