Erik Naggum (1965–2009) Norwegian computer programmer
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“Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence”
Source: The Peter Principle (1969), p. 107 (The Mathematics of Incompetence)
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G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
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“Education is the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the ignorant by the incompetent.”
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) British economist
From hearer's memory in Jewish Frontier, vol. 29 http://books.google.com/books?id=NmYeAAAAMAAJ&q=keynes+%22inculcation+of+the+incomprehensible+into+the+ignorant+by+the+incompetent%22&dq=keynes+%22inculcation+of+the+incomprehensible+into+the+ignorant+by+the+incompetent (1962). <br class="br">Alternate version: Education: the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. <br class="br">As quoted in Infinite Riches: Gems from a Lifetime of Reading (1979) by Leo Calvin Rosten, p. 165 <br class="br">Attributed
“The young are really the heirs to a generation of incompetence.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
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“Violence,” came the retort, “is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
Isaac Asimov book Foundation
Variant: Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Source: Part II, The Encyclopedists, section 5; This also appears three times in "Bridle and Saddle" which is titled "The Mayors" within Foundation. It is derived from the famous phrase by Samuel Johnson: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" and from the words of Lady Anne Bellamy in H. Rider Haggard's Dawn, “I do not believe in violence; it is the last resource of fools.” Asimov is usually quoted simply with "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
“The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.”
James C. Collins (1958) American business consultant and writer
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“It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.”
Jeff Lindsay book Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
“Our society cannot be maintained by this type of incompetency.”
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