“Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.”
Source: The Peter Pyramid, Or: Will We Ever Get the Point?
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Famous Laurence J. Peter Quotes
“. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.”
Source: Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times
“Two can live as cheaply as one - if they both have good jobs.”
“If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.”
“If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.”
Source: Peter's people
“If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?”
“Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?”
“If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.”