Laurence J. Peter

Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat.

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.

Facts are stubborn things but statistics are more pliable.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.

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

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.