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Keyword: Competency

Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Boies Penrose
(1860 – 1921) U.S. senator (Pennsylvania)
Government Intelligence People Competency

Competence always contains the seed of incompetence.

Peter's Law of Evolution
Murphy’s Laws Competency

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

Maureen Reagan
daughter of President Ronald Reagan & Jane Wyman
Elections/Voting Government Competency Women's equality

Just when you get really good at something you don’t need to do it anymore.

Lowery's Law of Expertise
Murphy’s Laws Competency

The degree of technical competence is inversely proportional to the level of management.

Anonymous
Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Competency Management













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