Quotes by : Laurence J. Peter

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles....

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen....

Old age is when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.