Laurence J. Peter

“A pessimist is a man who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.”

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

“Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.”

“Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.”

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

“If seeing is believing, some skeptics wouldn't look.”

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

“If you want to see how you look asleep, stand in front of a mirror with your eyes shut.”

“Most hierarchies were established by men who now monopolize the upper levels, thus depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities to achieve incompetence.”

“Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.”

“Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.”

“The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.”

“The way some people talk you might think a rich man couldn't be unhappy unless he made some happy poor man unhappy by giving him all his money.”