Laurence J. Peter
Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.
Laurence J. PeterOh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.
Laurence J. PeterSome problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.
Laurence J. PeterThere are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
Laurence J. PeterA bore is a fellow talking who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
Laurence J. PeterThe best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
Laurence J. PeterAmerica is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
Laurence J. PeterSlump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
Laurence J. PeterExpert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
Laurence J. PeterIf a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Laurence J. PeterPsychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
Laurence J. PeterAs a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
Laurence J. PeterAgainst logic there is no armor like ignorance.
Laurence J. PeterThe man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
Laurence J. PeterAn economist is an expert who will know tommorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. PeterOriginality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Laurence J. PeterAn intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
Laurence J. PeterIn spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
Laurence J. PeterGoing to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.
Laurence J. PeterIf you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
Laurence J. PeterDon't believe in miracles - depend on them.
Laurence J. PeterCompetence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.
Laurence J. PeterEvery girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
Laurence J. PeterEducation is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. PeterThe seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Laurence J. Peter
