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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
US educator & writer [more author details]

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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.: Laurence J. Peter
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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
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.: Laurence J. Peter
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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.: Laurence J. Peter
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.: Laurence J. Peter
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.: Laurence J. Peter
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.: Laurence J. Peter
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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.: Laurence J. Peter
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Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.: Laurence J. Peter
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.: 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
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.: Laurence J. Peter
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.: 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
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.: Laurence J. Peter
Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.: 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
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.: Laurence J. Peter
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The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.: Laurence J. Peter
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.: Laurence J. Peter
There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.: Laurence J. Peter
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.: Laurence J. Peter, "The Peter Principle"
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.: Laurence J. Peter, misquoting Sir Walter Scott
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Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.: Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle (1969), chapter 1
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