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
men purpose example
Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
men flags he-man
The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.
men cost-of-living people
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.
work opportunity men
Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
cutting men thinking
A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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.
men fifty hyphens
There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.
men atheism literature
A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
men discovery events
All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events.
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.
believe men belief
The man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't.
sarcastic sarcasm men
It's strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest.
men helping lawyer
A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.