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
imagination tragedy enough
If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.
country kings government
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed king can still goof up.
camels revolutionary come-up
No committee could ever come up with anything as revolutionary as a camel - anything as practical and as perfectly designed to perform effectively under such difficult conditions.
wit live-by
Many live by their wits but few by their wit.
jobs real long
You could generally inform a real close friend: when you have manufactured a idiot of on your own he does not truly feel you've finished a long lasting job.
ignorance difficult
Ignorance once dispelled is difficult to reestablish.
exercise age judgment
Middle age is when the best exercise is one of discretion.
travel home rust
When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
egypt moses stills
Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.
way
Lead, follow or get of the way
unexpected happens
The unexpected always happens.
mother money father
I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.
cat dark men
A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.
trying assistants moral
Scientists are still trying to produce life in the laboratory, but it shouldn't be difficult if the laboratory assistant is pretty and willing.