Laurence J. Peter Quotes

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

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

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.

Only a mother would think her daughter has been a good girl when she returns from a date with a Gideon Bible in her handbag.

There’s only one thing worse than the man who will argue over anything, and that’s the man who will argue over nothing.

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

America is a country that doesn’t know where it’s going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don’t need advice.