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Laurence J. Peter

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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.


— Laurence J. Peter


#before #every #father #father time #gave

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?


— Laurence J. Peter


#his #how #nobody #perfect #unless

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.


— Laurence J. Peter


#kinds #rest #those #two #us

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.


— Laurence J. Peter


#choose #democracy #free #get #man

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


— Laurence J. Peter


#education #grade #higher #method #prejudices

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.


— Laurence J. Peter


#fortune #knocks #misfortune #more #much

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.


— Laurence J. Peter


#about #each #heredity #other #parents

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


— Laurence J. Peter


#every #hierarchy #his #incompetence #level

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.


— Laurence J. Peter


#complex #highly #informed #intelligent #just

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.


— Laurence J. Peter


#indulge #merely #sea #standing #staring






About Laurence J. Peter






Did you know about Laurence J. Peter?

It is a heavily quoted principle at the Marshall School of Business. in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. He became widely famous in 1968 on the publication of The Peter Principle in which he states: "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16 1919 – January 12 1990) was an educator and "hierarchiologist" best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

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