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Laurence J. Peter
September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990
Nationality: Canadian
Category: Writer
Subcategory: Canadian Writer

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

   

Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.

   

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

   

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

   

Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.

   

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?

   

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.

   

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

   

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

   

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

   

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

   

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

   

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

   

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

   

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

   

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

   

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

   

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

   

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

   

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

   

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