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

Quote by Dr Laurence J Peter

Topics: Opportunity Quotes

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...

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force...

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force...

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet.

Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet.