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
A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
Laurence J. Peter
A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
Laurence J. Peter
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
Laurence J. Peter
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
Laurence J. Peter
America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
Laurence J. Peter
America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
Laurence J. Peter
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter
An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
Laurence J. Peter
As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
Laurence J. Peter
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Laurence J. Peter
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
Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Laurence J. Peter
Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
Laurence J. Peter
Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.
Laurence J. Peter
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
Laurence J. Peter
Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
Laurence J. Peter
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter
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Biography
Type: Writer
Nationality: Canadian
Born: September 16, 1919
Died: January 12, 1990
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