After being mechanical, he became incompetent; then he saw younger clerks who had more zest in their work, promoted over him.
Solverson is stuck underneath an incompetent police chief who willfully denies her genius.
Francis Jeffrey (1773 - 1850) Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ), in Observer April 4, 1989 There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you.
Gardner (1912 - 2002) Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Peter (1919 - 1988), The Peter Principle (1969), chapter 1 Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
