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
Laurence J. Peter quotes about
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.
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.
unexpected happens
The unexpected always happens.
expression facts matter
As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
baths hot deals
Marriage is a good deal like taking a bath-not so hot once you get accustomed to it.
camels revolutionary come-up
No committee could ever come up with anything as revolutionary as a camel - anything as practical and as perfectly designed to perform effectively under such difficult conditions.
kinds
There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, andthose who did and never thought.