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Laurence J. Peter

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Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (15 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

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

[aphorist] Laurence J. Peter, in [category] Science and Religion

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (11 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

[aphorist] Laurence J. Peter, in [category] Law and Politics

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (24 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

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

[aphorist] Laurence J. Peter, in [category] Work and Recreation

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (31 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.

[aphorist] Laurence J. Peter, in [category] Work and Recreation

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