Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought
Laurence J. Peter
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
Laurence Peter
Kind
Motivational
Never
Learning
Wildlife
Life
Philosophy
Failures
Business
Thoughtful
Inspirational
Addiction
Action
Kinds
Two
Intelligence
Thought
Failure
More quotes by Laurence J. Peter
Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
Laurence J. Peter
In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
Laurence J. Peter
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
Laurence J. Peter
When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
Laurence J. Peter
He laughs best whose laugh lasts.
Laurence J. Peter
A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.
Laurence J. Peter
In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.
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
do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
Laurence J. Peter
There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.
Laurence J. Peter
Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
Laurence J. Peter
May your happiest days of the past be your saddest days of your future.
Laurence J. Peter
When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it's probably rust.
Laurence J. Peter
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
Laurence J. Peter
A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.
Laurence J. Peter
There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us
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
If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?
Laurence J. Peter