Laurence J. PeterIf at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.362Reading
Laurence J. PeterDon't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?363Reading
Laurence J. PeterThe best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.342Humanity
Laurence J. PeterThe man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.353Love
Laurence J. PeterNobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?343Politics
Laurence J. PeterYou can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.321Love
Laurence J. PeterCleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.377Love
Laurence J. PeterThe surest sign that you haven't any sense is to argue with one who hasn't. ✨ Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times, p.54, Harper Collins334ThoughtTime
Laurence J. PeterThe incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.378Reflection
Laurence J. PeterThe modern child will answer you back before you've said anything.324Philosophy
Laurence J. PeterPsychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.346Life
Laurence J. PeterIf at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.291Life
Laurence J. PeterThe man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.347Humanity
Laurence J. PeterAgainst logic there is no armor like ignorance.336Philosophy
Laurence J. PeterDon't believe in miracles - depend on them. ✨ Carl Sagan, Jerald F. TerHorst, Allan J. Mayer, Sharon S. McKern, Laurence J. Peter (1980). Broca's brain: reflections on the r… ▶281LoveReflectionThought
Laurence J. PeterBefore publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.369Reflection
Laurence J. PeterMy problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.358Thought
Laurence J. PeterIn most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence. ✨ Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull (1969). The Peter Principle314Truth
Laurence J. PeterEveryone rises to their level of incompetence.315Reflection
Laurence J. PeterIt's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.348Love
Laurence J. PeterPeter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.283Truth
Laurence J. PeterTwo things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.272Humor
Laurence J. PeterFools rush in where wise men fear to trade.327Truth
Laurence J. PeterAs a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.305Truth
Laurence J. PeterThe man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't. ✨ Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times, p.40, … ▶338ThoughtTime
Laurence J. PeterThere are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.305Life
Laurence J. PeterEvery girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. ✨ Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times, p.65, Harper Col… ▶295ThoughtTime
Laurence J. PeterSlump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone. ✨ Dr. Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull (1969). THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG306Philosophy
Laurence J. PeterA censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.306Thought
Laurence J. PeterIf two wrongs don't make a right, try three. ✨ Laurence J. Peter (1979). Peter's people, W. Morrow262Humanity
