If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?

— Laurence J. Peter

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

— Laurence J. Peter

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

— Laurence J. Peter

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter

It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

— Laurence J. Peter

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

— Laurence J. Peter

Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.

— Laurence J. Peter

My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.

— Laurence J. Peter

Old age is when you know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

— Laurence J. Peter

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

— Laurence J. Peter