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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somewhere
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
anymore christian church garage
Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.
warning painful spite
In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
competence mess stills
The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.
topics conversation faster
Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
mediocrity wave tolerate
Only mediocrities rise to the top in a system that won't tolerate wave making.
pretty-woman photograph
There are more pretty photographs of women than there are photographs of pretty women.
egypt moses stills
Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.
unexpected happens
The unexpected always happens.
dream nightmare possibility
An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.
temptation another-chance may
The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.
parent luck faults
Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
expression facts matter
As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
humility people wonderful
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.