William Plumlee Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) I think the following relates to SOME, who see thenselves as researchers into the Assassination of JFK....MYSELF included: (With Permission) A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. Laurence J. Peter A man convinced against his will is not convinced. Laurence J. Peter A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know. Laurence J. Peter A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. Laurence J. Peter Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. Laurence J. Peter 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 America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. Laurence J. Peter An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Laurence J. Peter An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it. Laurence J. Peter As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't. Laurence J. Peter Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. Laurence J. Peter Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work. Laurence J. Peter Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. Laurence J. Peter Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. Laurence J. Peter Don't believe in miracles - depend on them. Laurence J. Peter Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. Laurence J. Peter Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. Laurence J. Peter Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. Laurence J. Peter Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. Laurence J. Peter Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively. Laurence J. Peter Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. Laurence J. Peter Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car. Laurence J. Peter Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. 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 If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else. 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 Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert. Laurence J. Peter Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. Laurence J. Peter Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect? Laurence J. Peter Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. Laurence J. Peter Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings. Laurence J. Peter Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone. Laurence J. Peter Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. Laurence J. Peter Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Laurence J. Peter ***** elevision has changed the American child from an irresistible force to an immovable object. Laurence J. Peter The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. Laurence J. Peter *** The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. Laurence J. Peter *** The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Laurence J. Peter **** There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. Laurence J. Peter There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. Laurence J. Peter When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout. Laurence J. Peter Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. Laurence J. Peter 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. Laurence J. Peter And the Drum roll.....: One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. **** Bertrand Russell Edited January 18, 2008 by William Plumlee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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