Peter Quotes

“We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while ...

“We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.” — Peter Wessel Zapffe
📅︎ Mar 02
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"Speak when you are angry--and ...

"Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Feb 04
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"A government that robs Peter to ...

"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." — George Bernard Shaw
📅︎ Mar 08
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"If the world should blow itself up, the...

"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Mar 12
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“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a...

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” ― Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Mar 12
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"The incompetent with noth...

"The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Mar 13
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"Against logic there ...

"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Feb 28
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"Management is doing things...

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." — Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jan 01
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“Nostalgia ain't...

“Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.” ― Peter De Vries
📅︎ Jan 22
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"Nostalgia isn't...

"Nostalgia isn't what it used to be." — Peter De Vries
📅︎ Feb 05
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Tell me... after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a...

Tell me... after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures." -Peter Kürten, right before he was executed by guillotine-
📅︎ Oct 28
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"Arguing with someone who doesn't ...

"Arguing with someone who doesn't know how to argue is like playing chess with a squirrel." - Peter Hitchens
📅︎ Jan 20
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"The man who says he is willing to...

"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Jan 10
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"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that fr...

"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Jan 08
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"Jacques the...

"Jacques the monkey tonight" - Peter Gabriel
📅︎ Jan 24
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"America is a country that doesn't know wh...

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Oct 09
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"Everybody hates me b...

"Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked." — Peter de Vries
📅︎ Dec 25
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"Comedy is simply a...

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Nov 17
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There may be honor among ...

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians. ...Peter O'Toole
📅︎ Dec 05
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"If a cluttered desk is the sign of ...

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?" — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Dec 24
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“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of ever...

“I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by.” — Peter Cameron
📅︎ Nov 19
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"Why do I need a han...

"Why do I need a hand when a claw is better?" -Doctor Peter Straub
📅︎ Jan 03
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"It is our responsibilities,...

"It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Dec 14
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You have to live before ...

You have to live before you die, or you'll die before you live. ...Peter Sellers
📅︎ Dec 05
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“Some problems are so complex that you have t...

“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.” -- Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Oct 24
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"An intelligence test sometimes show...

"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Nov 05
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“Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at com...

“Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.” — Peter Gibbons
📅︎ Aug 26
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"Sometimes you gotta play a role, even...

"Sometimes you gotta play a role, even if that means the people you love hate you for it" -Peter Joseph Randall (TWDG S2)
📅︎ Nov 01
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The best way to predict ...

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself. - Peter Diamandis
📅︎ Oct 30
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"Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be ...

"Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy." — Charles Peters
📅︎ Oct 09
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"You'll never please everyone. Ju...

"You'll never please everyone. Just do the right thing. That's all that matters in the end." - Peter Daou
📅︎ Nov 05
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"The presidency is also a moral office; it calls th...

"The presidency is also a moral office; it calls this nation to its highest values, and it sets the tone for the story that we tell ourselves." ~ Peter Buttigieg
📅︎ Apr 22
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"I love being a writer. ...

"I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork." — Peter De Vries
📅︎ Oct 03
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"Is there any point in public debate in a society wh...

"Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?" --Peter Hitchens
📅︎ Jul 16
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“Great photography is ab...

“Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” – Peter Adams
📅︎ Oct 07
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"The most important thing in ...

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." — Peter Drucker
📅︎ Sep 28
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"I'm convinced there's a small room in the...

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Oct 02
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"The man who is always waving...

"The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for." - Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Sep 17
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I'm looking for a quote that goes something like "I don...

I'm looking for a quote that goes something like "I don't believe St. Peter lets anyone into heaven who simply says they followed what some George or Harry told them to do."
📅︎ Oct 11
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The purpose of a bu...

The purpose of a business is to create a customer - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Oct 01
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“We’ve got as many liv...

“We’ve got as many lives as there are points of view.” — Peter L. Berger
📅︎ Oct 11
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"Humility is the embarrassment y...

"Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Aug 10
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Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at comput...

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements! —Peter Gibbons, Office Space
📅︎ Aug 04
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"Only three things happen naturally in organizat...

"Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jul 13
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"My father hated radio and could not...

"My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too." — Peter De Vries
📅︎ Aug 05
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"The compute...

"The computer is a moron." — Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jul 26
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"The only thing we know abo...

"The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jul 09
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"If you want something ne...

"If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jun 18
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I did absolutely nothing and i...

I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be. —Peter Gibbons, Office Space
📅︎ Jun 16
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"The greatest danger in times of turbu...

"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Jun 06
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“If the rest of your brain were conscious, ...

“If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert” ― Peter Watts, Blindsight
📅︎ Jul 04
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"Most advances in science come when ...

"Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields." — Peter Borden
📅︎ Jun 27
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“You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older ...

“You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store” -Tennessee Ernie Ford
📅︎ Jun 21
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“Write Drunk...

“Write Drunk, Edit Sober” - Peter De Vries
📅︎ Jan 22
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“Small deeds done are ...

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” ~ Peter Marshall
📅︎ Jun 04
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"There is nothing so useless as ...

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Apr 24
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"So much of what we call managem...

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." — Peter Drucker
📅︎ Mar 31
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"All too wrong to be right, the answer's there we just lack the sight. Rac...

"All too wrong to be right, the answer's there we just lack the sight. Race wars fed by prejudice and fright, the love of a nation for it's people burned through the night." ~Alan Peters, (Agnostic Front - Liberty and Justice...)
📅︎ May 29
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Trying to predict the future is like trying to ...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. ~ Peter Drucker
📅︎ Apr 25
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“The moment you doubt whether you ...

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” ― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
📅︎ Mar 27
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"Adequacy is the...

"Adequacy is the enemy of excellence." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Mar 21
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“How can you achieve your 1...

“How can you achieve your 10 year plan in the next 6 months?” - attributed to Peter Thiel
📅︎ Apr 13
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Is it possible to love so desperately that life is unbearable? I don’t ...

Is it possible to love so desperately that life is unbearable? I don’t mean unrequited, I mean being in the love. In the midst of it and desperate. Because knowing it will end, because everything does. End. —Peter Heller
📅︎ Mar 04
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"Most of what we call management con...

"Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done." - Peter Drucker
📅︎ Mar 23
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"A government that robs Peter to ...

"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." — George Bernard Shaw
📅︎ Dec 24
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"There is no stigma attached to rec...

"There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Feb 24
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“If a nation loses its ...

“If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.” - Peter Handke
📅︎ Jan 23
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A super abundance of dreams...

A super abundance of dreams is paid by a growing potential for nightmares- Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Jan 06
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"America is a country that doesn't know wh...

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Nov 05
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"Critics search for ages for the wr...

"Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Feb 01
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"Against logic there ...

"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Jan 08
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"Oh, what a tangled web we ...

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Nov 25
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“We are, quite literally, gamblin...

“We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet—for the sake of hamburgers.” —Peter Singer
📅︎ Jul 31
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If you’re not confu...

If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention. Tom Peters
📅︎ Oct 31
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"Competence, like truth, beauty ...

"Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Dec 17
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"In America, through pressure of conf...

"In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from." — Peter Ustinov
📅︎ Jan 10
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“The most valuable businesses of coming decades wil...

“The most valuable businesses of coming decades will be built by entrepreneurs who seek to empower people rather than try to make them obsolete.” – Peter Theil
📅︎ Dec 04
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"A satirist is a man who discovers unpl...

"A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people." — Peter McArthur
📅︎ Nov 17
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“What gets mea...

“What gets measured gets managed.” Peter Drucker
📅︎ Oct 21
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People are people. Someti...

People are people. Sometimes they just can't see their own faults. —Peter, The Room
📅︎ Oct 17
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Pity a man in familiar ...

Pity a man in familiar places who yet feels like a stranger - Peter Griffin
📅︎ Mar 26
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"Everyone rises to t...

"Everyone rises to their level of incompetence." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Sep 21
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"If you don't know where you ar...

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." — Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Sep 07
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Leaders don’t create...

Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. Tom Peters
📅︎ Jul 26
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“The risks that scare people ...

“The risks that scare people and the risks that kill people are very different” -Peter Sandman
📅︎ Aug 05
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There are two kinds of failures: those...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. - Laurence J. Peter
📅︎ Jul 12
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"Hire charact...

"Hire character. Train skill." --Peter Schutz
📅︎ Jul 17
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