Author: Laurence J. Peter

Quotes

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

- Laurence J. Peter

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

- Laurence J. Peter

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

- Laurence J. Peter

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

- Laurence J. Peter

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

- Laurence J. Peter

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

- Laurence J. Peter

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

- Laurence J. Peter

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

- Laurence J. Peter

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

- Laurence J. Peter

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