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
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Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.
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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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A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.
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America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
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The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
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Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?
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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
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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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A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through.