Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work. — Laurence J. Peter
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. — Laurence J. Peter
Every girl should use what mother nature gave her before father time takes it away. — Laurence J. Peter
Going to church doesn’t make you any more a christian than going to the garage makes you a car. — Laurence J. Peter
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? — Laurence J. Peter
It’s better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week. — Laurence J. Peter
Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert. — Laurence J. Peter
Men now monopolize the upper levels… depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter
Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect? — Laurence J. Peter
Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings. — Laurence J. Peter
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. — Laurence J. Peter
Television has changed the american child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. — Laurence J. Peter
The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. — Laurence J. Peter
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. — Laurence J. Peter
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes. — Laurence J. Peter
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. — Laurence J. Peter
Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. — 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. — Laurence J. Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday — Laurence J. Peter