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Quotes from Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time — Laurence J. Peter

1919–1990 Canada

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On second thought, maybe the atheist cannot find God, for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

Television has changed the American child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

The only valid rule about the proper length of a statement is that it achieve its purpose effectively.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

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

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Laurence J. Peter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.