Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired.
Only mediocrities rise to the top in a system that won't tolerate wave making.
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.
The surest sign that you haven't any sense is to argue with one who hasn't.
Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.