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

Quote by Dr Laurence J Peter

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to...

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn.

55% of people yawn within 5 minutes of seeing someone else yawn.