Author: Laurence J. Peter

Quotes

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

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

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

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

- 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

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

- Laurence J. Peter

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

- 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

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