Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

“Conscience: That which makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.”

“Old age is when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions.”

“Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.”

“The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months.”

“Facts are stubborn things but statistics are more pliable.”

“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.”

“Early to bed early to rise work like hell and advertise.”

“In every organization there is a considerable accumulation of dead wood in the executive level.”

“Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it.”

“In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. Do not be fooled by apparent exceptions.”

“Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the h...”

“Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.”

“Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence”

“The only valid rule about the proper length of a statement is that it achieve its purpose effectively.”

“On second thought, maybe the atheist cannot find God, for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.”

“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”

“If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.”

“The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.”

“Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.”

“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.”