Laurence J. Peter Quotes

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

Laurence J. Peter
Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.

Laurence J. Peter
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

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Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.

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Computers can solve all kinds of problems except the unemployment problem they create.

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A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

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Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.

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In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. Do not be fooled by apparent exceptions.

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Lateral Arabesque—a pseudo-promotion consisting of a new title and a new work place.

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Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence

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If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?

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When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.

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Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.

Laurence J. Peter