Quote by Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990)

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

• The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

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

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

• If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

• Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.