Best Quotes by Laurence J. Peter (Top 10)
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The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.
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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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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.
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Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
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There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought
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Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.
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More Laurence J. Peter Quotes
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
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Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
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In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.
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It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.
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You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it.
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
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The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.
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America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
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He laughs best whose laugh lasts.
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Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
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When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
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The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months.
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