Laurence J. Peter Quotes
Consider the following quotes by Laurence J. Peter:
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
"Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame."
"Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices."
"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance."
"Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder."
"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today."
"Everyone rises to their level of incompetence."
"Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor."
"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there."
"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent."
"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status."
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