Laurence J. Peter Quotes
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Dr. Peter effectively destroys examples of seeming exceptions and is rather convincing that his principle is ubiquitous.
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Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
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In every organization there is a considerable accumulation of dead wood in the executive level.
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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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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If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
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On second thought, maybe the atheist cannot find God, for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.
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The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.
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Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.
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Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.
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Occupational incompetence is everywhere. Have you noticed it? Probably we all have noticed it.
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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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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The only valid rule about the proper length of a statement is that it achieve its purpose effectively.
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Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence
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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.