Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

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If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows...

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows...

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will...

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.