Best Laurence J. Peter Sayings
- A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it. Bureaucracy
- The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months. Anywhere
- He laughs best whose laugh lasts. Best
- If two wrongs don't make a right, try three. Amazing
- 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. Always Tell
- A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. Brainy
- Don't believe in miracles - depend on them. Believe
- Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. Art
- An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Business
- Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. Accomplished
- Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. American
- If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? Clean
- It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week. Better
- America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. America
- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. Business
- The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Bulls
- Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. Armor
- When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout. Circles
- In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Employee
- Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. Each
- A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. Both
- Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Ability
- Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Bureaucracy
- America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there. America
- A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. Censor
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