Author: Laurence J. Peter

Quotes

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

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

- Laurence J. Peter

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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