Laurence J. Peter1919–1990The quotations of
Laurence J. Peter
Canadian educator
1919–1990
23 quotes, most often on Comedy, Success and Clever Jabs.
A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
The Peter Principle (1969), p. 25: Statement of the Peter PrincipleBureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 83The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.
Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 181- Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), p. 418
- Entry for September 24; as quoted in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1993), ed. Suzy Platt, Library of Congress, , p. 78
