Famous Quotes / Laurence J. Peter
52 Quotations by Laurence J. Peter
- 41. Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
- 42. Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
- 43. Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
- 44. Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour ...
- 45. Reality is for people who can't face drugs.
- 46. Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be und ...
- 47. Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- 48. The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
- 49. The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.
- 50. The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
- 51. Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.
- 52. You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a ...