Laurence J. Peter
Laurence J. Peter
Laurence Johnston Peterwas a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist", best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 September 1919
CountryCanada
men discovery events
All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events.
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Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.
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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
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We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
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It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.
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Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
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When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
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Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.
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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?