List of C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes

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C. Northcote Parkinson
Total Quotes 37
The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.
Education Book Mind
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 to eradicate the weeds. enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
Weed Science Discovery
A committee grows organically, flourishes and blossoms, sunlit on top and shady beneath, until it dies, scattering the seeds from which other committees will spring.
Spring Shady Committees
The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another.
Political Politics
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 the curry, boiled rice can be very dull.
Life Emotional Religion
It is now well known, however, that men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
Men Funny Marriage Married
The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.
Issues Body Matter
The basic quality for the diplomat is not intelligence but loyalty.
Loyalty Quality Diplomats
The smaller the function, the greater the management.
Management Function Greater
The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
Nice Standards Available
Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.
Mean Focus Expansion
In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.
Business Successful Foundation
  • Born: July 30, 1909
  • Died: March 9, 1993
  • Occupation: Naval Historian
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