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
running technology circles
When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
wind sheep soldier
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
funny wisdom children
Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.
work umpires levels
Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
friendship best-friend jobs
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
feel-good advice needs
You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it.
men literature way
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
wise business men
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
jobs giving wealth
Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
temptation another-chance may
The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.
dirty cleaning environment
Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.
men fifty hyphens
There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.
political credit inevitable
Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
work levels may
If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.