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
dream nightmare possibility
An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.
children kids answers
The modern child will answer you back before you've said anything.
giving want opinion
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
sarcastic time sarcasm
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
birthday worry age
Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
work hierarchy incompetence
In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.
work levels drag
If you can't keep up, drag them down to your level.
competition academia vicious
Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.
leadership moving law
Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .
important literature committees
Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
men atheism literature
A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
parent luck faults
Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
change angel devil
The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.
inspirational success lying
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.