Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Laurence J. Peter – [Democracy]


Don't believe in miracles — depend on them.
Laurence J. Peter – [Miracles]


Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
Laurence J. Peter – [Wealth]


Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.
Laurence J. Peter – [Advertising]


Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter – [Education]


If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
Laurence J. Peter – [Success]


In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter – [Power]


Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
Laurence J. Peter – [Experts]


Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
Laurence J. Peter – [Ability]


Men now monopolize the upper levels? depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter – [Feminism]


Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Laurence J. Peter – [Originality]


Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
Laurence J. Peter – [Politicians and Politics]


Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents shortcomings.
Laurence J. Peter – [Psychiatry]


Reality is for people who can't face drugs.
Laurence J. Peter – [Reality]


Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
Laurence J. Peter – [Problems]


The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
Laurence J. Peter – [Intelligence and Intellectuals]


Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.
Laurence J. Peter – [Prejudice]


When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.
Laurence J. Peter – [Opinions]


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.
Laurence J. Peter – [Friends and Friendship]