222 Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

Don’t believe in miracles – depend on them.

Prejudice is one of the world’s greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts.

The man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can’t.

As individuals we tend to climb to our levels of incompetence. We behave as though up is better and more is better, and yet all around us we see the tragic victims of this mindless escalation.

When a New Yorker looks like he has a suntan, it’s probably rust.

It’s strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest.

You shouldn’t punish others for your own choices.

The reason crime doesn’t pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name.

Home is where the college student home for the holidays isn’t.