An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

Quote by Laurence J Peter

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Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

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

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

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

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

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance...

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

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

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who...

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its...

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let...

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

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

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

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.