An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. - Laurence J. Peter

He must examine his objectives and see that true progress is achieved through moving forward to a better way of life, rather than upward to total life incompetence.

the ability to charm, to amuse, to inflame a crowd of ten thousand voters with voice and gesture did not necessarily carry with it the ability to think sensibly, to debate soberly and to vote wisely on the nation’s business.

In every organization there is a considerable accumulation of dead wood in the executive level.