Inadequacy Quotes

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Freedom, Laziness, Criticism

'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
Mary Daly

God, Men, Ignorance

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution.
Ken Thompson

Serious, Hackers, Criminal

Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.
Ayelet Waldman

Failure, Father, Real

I feel very lucky to have grown up having interaction with adults who were making change but who were far from perfect beings. That feeling of not being paralyzed by your incredible inadequacy as a human being, which I feel every day, is a part of the legacy that I've gotten from so many of the adult elders.
Marian Wright Edelman

Change, Feeling, Human

In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.
Rowan Williams

Trust, Find, Sense

After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.
Simon LeBon

Feeling, Country, After

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