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

Quote by Dr Laurence J Peter

Topics: Opportunity Quotes

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.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.