Author: Laurence J. Peter

Quotes

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

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

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

- Laurence J. Peter

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

- 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

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

- Laurence J. Peter

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

- 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

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

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

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