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

Quote by Dr Laurence J Peter

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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.

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.

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.

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...

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us...

I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect...

I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect...

I may not be a smart man but I know what love is

I may not be a smart man but I know what love is

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.