Famous Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

Below are famous quotes by Laurence J. Peter - US educator & writer (1919 - 1988).

A bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

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

Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

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.

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

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