Laurence J. Peter on Effort
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
Laurence J. Peter on Education
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter on Democracy
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Laurence J. Peter on Competence
The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.
Laurence J. Peter on Competence
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter on Competence
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
Laurence J. Peter on Competence
Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
Laurence J. Peter on Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Laurence J. Peter on Belief
Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.
Laurence J. Peter on Anger
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.