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Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
Laurence Peter
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In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.
Laurence J. Peter
. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.
Laurence J. Peter
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
Laurence J. Peter
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
Laurence J. Peter
A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
Laurence J. Peter
Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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The unexpected always happens.
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
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Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
Laurence J. Peter
Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
Laurence J. Peter
Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
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