All C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
- Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is… Available
- Parkinson's Law is a purely scientific discovery, inapplicable except in theory to the politics of the day. It is not the business of the botanist… Botanist
- The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation. Communicate
- No king or minister could have instructed Newton to discover the law of gravity, for they did not know and could not know that there… Atom
- Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters. Decay
- It is now well known, however, that men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. Enter
- Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available. Available
- Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done. Amount
- Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless. Aimless
- When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body. Any
- Expenditures rise to meet income. Expenditures
- The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another. Funny
- Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. Complexity
- People of great ability do not emerge, as a rule, from the happiest background. So far as my own observation goes, I would conclude that… Ability
- It is the busiest man who has time to spare. Busiest
- The smaller the function, the greater the management. Function
- Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is appallingly monotonous, religion must be emotional, dramatic and intense. Without… Appallingly
- The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. Allowed
- Expenditure rises to meet income. Expenditure
- The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased… Brought
- Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. Achieved
- In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit. Business
- Delay is the deadliest form of denial. Deadliest
- Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. Dispossess
- The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the… Agenda