Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

A man doesn’t know what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.

If two wrongs don’t make a right, try three.

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.

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Going to church doesn’t make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.

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

Speak when you are angry – and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.