Quote by Laurence Peter , Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

• A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

• America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

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

• An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

• A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

• America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.