222 Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

He laughs best whose laugh lasts.

Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.

The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.

do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.