Laurence J. Peter Quotes

Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one. Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired. Ignorance is the mother of research. As the farmer said, 'I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine. Lead, follow or get of the way Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence. The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time. When you see yourself quoted in print and you're sorry you said it, it suddenly becomes a misquotation. A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through. Only mediocrities rise to the top in a system that won't tolerate wave making. The surest sign that you haven't any sense is to argue with one who hasn't. Many live by their wits but few by their wit. A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out. Prejudice is one of the world's greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts. Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small. Poetry is that which is lost in translation. You shouldn't punish others for your own choices. A bore is a person who lights up the room simply by leaving it. Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor. There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one. Ignorance once dispelled is difficult to reestablish. You could generally inform a real close friend: when you have manufactured a idiot of on your own he does not truly feel you've finished a long lasting job. Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver. They lead only as the carved wooden figurehead leads the ship. It usually takes two people to make one of them angry. A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him. We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves. Home is where the college student home for the holidays isn't. The unexpected always happens.