In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.
The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.