Peter Bergen Quotes

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

It was very obvious to me that we could not do this, we could not run a country that we did not understand...it was very much amateur hour to me, with all respect.

He is no more fit to handle the case than an ass is to play a harp.

I am proud of my immaturity and political inexperience.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.

It made him proud that 29 months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude.

It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.

Incompetency fed on itself.

Dr. Insulza is quite an idiot, a true idiot. The insipid Dr. Insulza should resign from the secretariat of the OAS for daring to play that role.

I can do with mistakes, but I can't deal with stupidity.

Being young and dumb, honestly, you pick up some bad habits.

I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.

I've got no business acumen whatsoever.

We were kind of young and a little naive when we first started out in the business.

I can't stand stupid, and I can't stand slow.

Miranda, my character, cannot sing, cannot act, and is really inappropriate.

There's no glamour in stupid mistakes.

I was fairly rubbish as a player.

There is no patch for stupidity.

If you are doing something wrong, you will do it badly.