Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

Laurence J. Peter

Laurence J. Peter

Canadian educator and hierarchiologist

Lived from: 1919 - 1990

Category: Scientists Country: FlagCanada

Born: 16 september 1919 Died: 12 january 1990

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  • Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
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  • An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
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  • Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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  • Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
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  • Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
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  • Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
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  • Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
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  • Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.
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  • Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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  • Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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  • Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
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  • If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
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  • In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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  • Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
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  • Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
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  • Men now monopolize the upper levels… depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
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  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.
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  • Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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  • Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents shortcomings.
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  • Reality is for people who can't face drugs.
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What are the most famous quotes from Laurence J. Peter?

The two most famous quotes from Laurence J. Peter are:

  • "Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it."
  • "An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today."

When did Laurence J. Peter live?

Laurence J. Peter was born in 1919 and died in the year 1990.