Laurence J. Peter

STATUS QUOtes — 20221206

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Would the child you were be proud of the adult you are?” — Laurence J. Peter

“Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don’t take anything for granted. But here’s the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we’re not that good at doing that.” — Michael Specter

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have nonsense respected.” — Charles Lamb

“If you tell someone you’re divorced, they don’t even blink, but tell them you’ve never been married and they wonder what’s wrong with you.” — Stephanie Bond

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20211106

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.” — John Buchan

“Winning is very tangible, it’s very exciting, it’s very pleasing, but it’s momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that’s when you’re cooking.” — Billie Jean King

“Because once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

“The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20210126

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.” — Annie Dillard

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: They both begin where reason ends.” — Harper Lee

“Leverage is everything; don’t begin to pry till you have got the long arm on your side.” — Oliver W. Holmes Sr.

“Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200930

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.” — Charles Schwab

“Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.” — Henry David Thoreau

“No man who ever held the office of President would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.”  —  John Adams

“Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.” — Laurence J Peter

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200514

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“A great secret of success is to go through life as a person who never gets used up. [ed]” — Albert Schweitzer

“In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.” — Laurence J Peter

“Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.” — Vivien Leigh

“When you get something for nothing, you just haven’t been billed for it yet.” — Franklin Jones

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20171122

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“No one likes change unless he makes it himself. Then it’s innovation.” — Sherwood Smith

“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.” — Francis Bacon

“There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.” — Aristotle

“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.” — Laurence J. Peter

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171117

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Sand is sand, it can’t make mountains.” — E. Fehmida Khan

“The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.” — Laurence J. Peter

“Minimalism is not a lack of something. It’s simply the perfect amount of something.” — Nicholas Burroughs

“As you may know, I have many good friends in the press who, unfortunately, have thus far refused to identify themselves and go public.” — Frank Sinatra

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20160721

Jeff

“Integrity, the choice between what is convenient and what is right.” — Tony Dungy

“Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.” — Benjamin Disraeli

“My future starts when I wake up every morning… Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” — Miles Davis

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” — Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160322

Jeff

“Where you start is not as important as where you finish.” — Zig Ziglar

“Each time you avoid saying no to something you really don’t want, you give away your power.” — Amy Morin

“A person doesn’t have to be perfect to be exactly what you need.” — Dr. Elliot Reid

“Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20160206

Jeff

“You are what you eat eats.” — Michael Pollan

“My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.” — Bono

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.” — Laurence J. Peter

 

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