Laurence J. Peter Quotes and Quotations
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat. When I want your opinion I'll give it to you. Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. 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. Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. He laughs best whose laugh lasts. Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom. 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.
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