Laurence J. Peter Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us

  Laurence J. Peter

  Humility, Two, Literature

• Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?

  Laurence J. Peter

  Perfect, Literature, Faults

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

  Laurence J. Peter

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Confusion

  "Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, p. 333, 1977.

• Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Slumps, Literature, World

  Dr. Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull (1969). “THE PETER PRINCIPLE WHY THINGS ALWAYS GO WRONG”

• When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Running, Technology, Circles

• A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Men, Looks, Literature

• A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Cutting, Men, Thinking

• The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Sheep, Wind, Soldier

• A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Men, Atheism, Literature

• Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Important, Literature, Committees

• As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Expression, Literature, Matter

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