Laurence J. Peter
Laurence J. Peter
Laurence Johnston Peterwas a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist", best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 September 1919
CountryCanada
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If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?
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A bore is a person who lights up the room simply by leaving it.
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When you see yourself quoted in print and you’re sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.
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Ignorance is the mother of research.
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Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.
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May your happiest days of the past be your saddest days of your future.
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Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
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Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
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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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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.