222 Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

The cave-dweller’s wife complained that he hadn’t dragged her anywhere in months.

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

America is a country that doesn’t know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

When a person puts his best foot forward and gets it stepped on, that’s life.

A man doesn’t know what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.

Good followers do not become good leaders.

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular.

A bureaucrat’s idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.

Peter’s Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.