Laurence J. Peter Quotes

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there."
-Laurence J. Peter in America quotes.

"Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame."
-Laurence J. Peter in Democracy quotes.

"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance."
-Laurence J. Peter in Ignorance quotes.

"Everyone rises to their level of incompetence."
-Laurence J. Peter in Competence quotes.

"A pessimist is a man who looks both ways before crossing a one way street."
-Laurence J. Peter

"In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe."
-Laurence J. Peter in Belief quotes.

"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status."
-Laurence J. Peter in Bureaucracy quotes.

"Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret."
-Laurence J. Peter in Anger quotes.

"Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder."
-Laurence J. Peter in Competence quotes.

"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
-Laurence J. Peter in Intelligence quotes.

"Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices."
-Laurence J. Peter

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent."
-Laurence J. Peter in Competence quotes.

"The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it."
-Laurence J. Peter in Competence quotes.

"Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings."
-Laurence J. Peter

"A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are."
-Laurence J. Peter

"Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going."
-Laurence J. Peter

"It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. "
-Laurence J. Peter

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"
-Laurence J. Peter

"Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it."
-Laurence J. Peter