Laurence J. Peter
Writer
1919-09-16
Books by Laurence J. Peter
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Quotes by 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.
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A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
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A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
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Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
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If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
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Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
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Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.
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In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
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Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
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Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
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