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
law may tomorrow
do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
speech dictator print
A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.
school half lions
Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver.
worst optimist make-the-best-of-it
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.
incompetence plus
Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.
women wife months
The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months.
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.