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

Quote by Dr Laurence J Peter

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It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of...

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of...

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...

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

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

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

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

Love is not a force between a mind and a body, but a force between...

Love is not a force between a mind and a body, but a force between...

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

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

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

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

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.

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

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

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage...

Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage...

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

And my parents finally realise that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they...

And my parents finally realise that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: they...

We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall...

We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old...