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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. (Laurence J. Peter)
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. View quote
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. View quote
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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. View quote
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Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car. View quote
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Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. View quote
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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. View quote
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In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence. View quote
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Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence. View quote
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Education helps one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. View quote
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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. (Laurence J. Peter)
The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance. View quote
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Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. View quote
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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. View quote
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In every organization there is a considerable accumulation of dead wood in the executive level. View quote
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There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. View quote
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On second thought, maybe the atheist cannot find God, for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman. View quote
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Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull. View quote
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Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it. View quote
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The only valid rule about the proper length of a statement is that it achieve its purpose effectively. View quote
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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. (Laurence J. Peter)
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. View quote
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Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively. View quote
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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. View quote
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. View quote
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Laurence J. Peter

Laurence J. Peter - Image
Photo: Larry Bessel, CC BY 4.0
Occupation: Canadian Writer
Born: September 16, 1919
Died: January 12, 1990
Quotes count: 80
Wikipedia: Laurence J. Peter

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