Famous Laurence J Peter Quotes

  • The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance. – Laurence J Peter

    The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.– Laurence J Peter

  • An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today. – Laurence J Peter

    An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.– Laurence J Peter

  • Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. – Laurence J Peter

    Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.– Laurence J Peter

  • Before publishers’ blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. – Laurence J Peter

    Before publishers’ blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.– Laurence J Peter

  • Before publishers’ blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.– Laurence J Peter

  • You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. – Laurence J Peter

    You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.– Laurence J Peter

  • You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.– Laurence J Peter

  • My problem is I say what I’m thinking before I think what I’m saying. – Laurence J Peter

    My problem is I say what I’m thinking before I think what I’m saying.– Laurence J Peter

  • An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it. – Laurence J Peter

    An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.– Laurence J Peter

  • A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. – Laurence J Peter

    A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.– Laurence J Peter