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Quotes from Laurence J. Peter

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
~ Laurence J. Peter
If you can't keep up, drag them down to your level.
~ Laurence J. Peter
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
~ Laurence J. Peter
Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
~ Laurence J. Peter
The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
~ Laurence J. Peter
Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
~ Laurence J. Peter
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
~ Laurence J. Peter
The advantage of modern means of communication is they enable you to worry about things in all of the world
~ Laurence J. Peter
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
~ Laurence J. Peter