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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
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America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
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.
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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
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A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
Written by Laurence J. Peter
A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
Written by Laurence J. Peter

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